Come Home and Be Killed — Jennie Melville

A new addition to the mystery novel: the young policewoman Charmian Daniels, shy and determined at once. Faces on this occasion with a conundrum of domestic aspect, which seems to hide, however, more intricate and horrible.

Kathy is retracted and independent girl who dearly loves his home. But in this household live her stepmother and her daughter, both warm and friendly, although careless habits that exasperated Kathy. The disappearance could have been a pleasure and a relief to Kathy if not for the confusing and disturbing footprints left behind in their hasty departure.