CASUAL AFFAIRS

by Lillian O'Donnell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 2, 1985

N.Y.P.D.'s Sergeant Norah Mulcahaney (Ladykiller), newly promoted to lieutenant, is in charge of a case strongly evoking the real-life troubles of Claus von Bulow. Heiress Christina Isserman (nee Sexton) has suffered two alcohol and drug-related comas. She seems unlikely to recover from a third as she lies comatose in Manhattan's exclusive Chazen-Hadley hospital. Her sister Sarah is accusing husband, Walther Isserman, of attempted murder aimed at inheriting his wife's fortune, control of Sexton Industries, and freedom to marry his mistress, socialite Lucine Northcott. There are disquieting incidents at the hospital, one of them fatal to hit-run victim Clark Hariss, accountant to Walther and to Sarah's compulsive gambler husband, Justin Hoyt. Soon after Walther takes Christina home, over Sarah's protests, Norah, called in by worried servants, finds Christina drowned and Walther dead by hanging. The melodrama in these events is surpassed only by Norah's final confrontation with the mastermind behind it all--straining credibility beyond its limits but holding the reader's interest all the way.

Pub Date: Dec. 2, 1985

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Putnam

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 15, 1985

Categories: FICTION