The Chinese Chop (Lily Wu)

By: Juanita Sheridan

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Synopsis: With World War II only barely in the rear view mirror, New York apartments are scarcer than hen&’s teeth. Janice Cameron has moved to the City to be a writer, trading Honolulu&’s sun and flowers for Manhattan in the grip of icy winter. She&’s imagined her own cunning little flat, a little table by the window, a little lace cloth...fat chance! Her own flat is completely out of the question, and in fact she&’s going to have to share a boarding-house bedroom with a perfect stranger. At least the stranger is perfect: Lily Wu is beautiful, exquisitely dressed, and swathed in mystery. But Janice hasn&’t even unpacked before a rather less exquisite mystery intrudes. True, the handyman wasn&’t brilliant at maintaining the boiler, but murder seems a rather extreme response. In the best Golden Age tradition, the rooming house is crammed with intriguing suspects, from the tortured musician to the French emigree to the actress with a face for radio. Lily and Janice would much prefer to leave, but they&’ve nowhere to go. Solving the murder seems the best possible option, especially since if someone were arrested and taken away...well, that would free up a room, now wouldn&’t it?

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