Slay Bells - (A Vintage Mystery) by Eunice Mays Boyd & Elizabeth Reed Aden (Paperback)

About the Book

On Christmas morning, a mysterious man in a Santa Claus suit visits a group of friends with a tempting treat. It turns out that the Big Five and a Half were groomed well for ultimate death!

Book Synopsis

They call themselves the Big Five and a Half.

In the aftermath of World War II, six high school students-rich, ambitious, handsome-are groomed for ultimate success by their teacher, Mr. Northcliffe. At their farewell picnic in Mariposa, they plan to throw a splendid reunion in ten years' time on Christmas Day-to see who is the most successful of them all.

The day of the reunion finds the Big Five and a Half in disarray-one divorced, one in prison... and almost all of them unhappy. Life has not turned out how most of them had hoped. On Christmas morning, a mysterious man in a Santa Claus suit visits individuals in the group with a tempting treat. It turns out that the Big Five and a Half were groomed well...for ultimate death!

Review Quotes

"No scientific sleuthing this, but a blending of clues, coincidences and concentration...A better than most brain workout."-Kirkus Reviews

"As pretty, suspenseful and smoothly written a mystery as I've read in a long time." - Chicago Sun

"... well-tangled murder plot... Good entertainment." - New York Herald Tribune

"An exceptional who-done-it, which won honorable mention in the latest Mary Roberts Rinehart mystery novel contest, has been skillfully built into a book that is hard to put down until the last page" - Philadelphia Evening Bulletin