num_pages: 232
description: This is a murder mystery in the English country house tradition, except that it takes place in an elegant brownstone on Manhattan's upper East Side, home of the eccentric Smythe-Whittington family. Alfred Jones, an Englishman who has left his native land because of some difficulty with the law, is the family's butler and general factotum. When one of the Smythe-Whittingtons is poisoned, Alfred, true to the genre, becomes the chief suspect. During the course of their investigations, detectives from Manhattan's Sixteenth Precinct discover that not only Alfred Jones but each of the family members had a strong motive for dispensing with the victim. In the end, all of the characters agree that the punishment the culprit ultimately receives really does fit the crime.
language: English
title: Imitations of Immorality
titlecomplete: Imitations of Immorality
publisher: Xlibris Corp