The fifth guest

During the following weeks they met every day. He struggled along quiet paths in the woods, forced down the dreadful meals she served, and sat holding her hand on the sofa, listening to her selection of sickly love songs. (.Likes all types of music, except country and western.") Finally he felt that he had gained her complete trust, and he popped the question he had been waiting with for so long."

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Incisive characterizations, psychological insight, and a keen sense of irony make all of this author's tales stand out. Richard Macker is also a master of the surprise ending; readers of these stories will be delighted by the unexpected twists and turns."

Janet Hutchings

Editor-in-Chief, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine