A little money ahead
By: by Elsie Singmaster
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 1930
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Fathers; Death; Economic aspects; Fiction; Inheritance and succession; Man-woman relationships; Jewel thieves; Pères; Mort; Aspect économique; Romans, nouvelles; Successions et héritages; Relations entre hommes et femmes; Voleurs de bijoux
Description: After her father's death, Lila Tryon takes a job in a New York City bookstore and is baffled by the mysterious attention of strangers. A suspicious-looking fellow boarder and an apparent attempted theft adds to Lila's anxiety.
Table of contents: title: Lila wears her beads for luck; title: 'That was easy!'; title: The Misses Brandon; title: A wedding and a moving; title: A good beginning; title: 'On the town'; title: A new lodger; title: Lila is safe for another week; title: Lila studies strange fishes; title: Lila offers her pearls for sale; title: Lila meets several pleasant gentlemen; title: Miss Berenice walks downstairs; title: Lila's pearls are disposed of