The Deadly Mondaine

The Deadly Mondaine is a novel that traces the life of central character HATTIE ROSALES, who is first presented to the reader as a more-or-less-ordinary eighty-something year old resident of Shady Rest retirement home in the fictional town of Gethsemane, Illinois. Hattie, at the outset, is disaffected and is particularly frustrated with her inability to get the attention of her successful fashion publication-editor daughter, INES ROSALES, in order to tell her of the source of the funds used...