The Cavalier's Corpse

Anne and Jeffrey McNeill #18

by Theodora Du Bois

The Ghost Who Killed

He had been dead for three hundred years. He had a green face; a plume in his cavalier's hat waved wildly; his clawlike hand brandished a club. Some had seen h im -- and lived to tell the story. Others had not been so lucky. ...

The case, fraught with hysteria, ancient legend and a walking corpse, is one of the McNeill's spookiest adventures.

A Ghost Story
A Mystery Story
A Bedtime Story for the Very Brave

http://www.worldcat.org/title/cavalie...

190 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1952

About the author

Aka Theodora McCormick

Theodora Du Bois was born Theodora Brenton Eliot McCormick in Brooklyn in 1890. She wrote mysteries, historical fiction, short stories and children's literature.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dr. Jeffrey and Anne McNeill are vacationing in Ireland when they are asked to come to the little town of Ballygary to find a murderer who's been dead for 300 years. A ghost is stalking everyone who sees his face, and one woman has already died. Jeffrey does not believe in ghosts, of course, but consents to investigate. For some reason, Du Bois switches from her usual first person narrative to a third person in this book.

[Lisa Kucharski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable, and you need to use your wits to start working this mystery out. Love the Irish setting as well. There is more story told through the eyes of Anne and a little more of Jeffrey too!

Got to read the majority of this story over Saint Patrick's Day/Weekend-- so got my Irish bonding done.