DEATH OF A ‘NIPPY’: A 1939 David Adair mystery (David Adair series)
A waitress at one of the great London ‘Corner Houses’ dies while at work. It is quickly realised that she has been poisoned. Her death is initially thought to be suicide, but doubts soon arise.
It is then found that on the previous day another ‘nippy’ was poisoned at a different restaurant owned by the same company. This girl is still alive – just – and it was initially believed that she had appendicitis. Even when the hospital reported that she had been pois... [Read More...]
