Hattie Davish Mystery A Lack of Temperance, Book 1, (Paperback)

from NorthernStar

Set in 1892, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, this is a nice, light mystery. Miss Hattie Davish is hired, through the recommendation of a mutual friend, to work as secretary and personal assistant to Mrs. Trevelyan. The mystery starts when Hattie arrives in Eureka Springs and has trouble connecting with...

from Readerwoman

This is a time period and a part of history I really wanted to like, as my grandmother, who graduated from college around this time, was active in the suffrage and temperance movements. But I was irritated by all the hints about Hattie's past - they seem to be blatant ploys to get the reader to c...

from Vesper1931

It's 1892 and Hattie Davish has been newly employed as a secretary to temperance movement leader Mrs. Edwina Trevelyan of Eureka Springs. But before she has a chance to officially meet her Mrs Trevelyan goes missing. Hattie decides to find out why and where. An enjoyable start to a new mystery se...

from lilkim714

Hattie Davish finds herself in Eureka Springs, Arkansas amid chaos. She arrives to be the personal secretary of the American Women's Temperance Coalition and finds herself in the middle a rally destroying a local saloon. She is stunned to see that the leader of the AWTC is the one who is behind d...

from cathyskye

First Line: It was chaos. It's 1892. Self-described typewriter Hattie Davish has been paid to work for a Mrs. Edwina Trevelyan of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. She boards the train in Kansas City, and when she arrives in the resort town, the very first thing she sees is the American Women's Temperanc...