Eberhart's Mystery Omnibus

Three classic mystery novels full of eerie atmosphere, suspense, surprises and exciting clues, collected by “one of America’s favorite writers” (Mary Higgins Clark).

A Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, Mignon G. Eberhart made her career debut in 1929 with The Patient in Room 18, starring Sarah Keate, a no-nonsense, redheaded nurse, who goes above and beyond to help her patients, which often means placing her life on the line to catch a killer . . .

The Patient in Room 18:

Strange and frightening things begin to occur during nurse Sarah Keate’s night shift at St. Ann’s Hospital. Soon she is drawn into the harrowing case as Detective Lance O’Leary investigates who murdered the wealthy patient in room 18 and who stole a fortune in radium. With a hospital full of secrets and suspects, the two must find the killer before they strike again . . .

“The communal nature of the hospital and its doctors makes for a particularly suspenseful and unsettling reveal.” —Time

While the Patient Slept:

When Sarah heads to the mansion of Adolph Federie to care for the man after he suffers a stroke, she senses trouble is afoot. The place is eerie with its mysterious occupants and a peculiar black cat, but she can’t shirk her duties. However, when a murder occurs in the same room as her patient, Sarah will need the help of a local police officer to determine if she’s sharing the house with a killer . . .

“[While the Patient Slept] places detective fiction on a higher level than ever before.” —Bookman

Murder by an Aristocrat:

The Thatchers are as close to aristocracy as an American family gets, and one of them requires Nurse Keate’s care for a suspicious bullet wound—a relative insists it was self-inflicted. Kate isn’t so sure after the convalescing man dies under even stranger circumstances. It looks like murder, and the killer must reside in the Thatcher mansion. But as Kate searches for the truth, the family closes rank and struggles to keep its darkest secrets buried . . .

This omnibus was originally published in 1932.