Although the mysterious disappearance of Winifred Ashby forms the central plot of No Word from Winifred, Heilbrun connects to it several subsidiary plots — notably the relationships between Toby Van Dine and Charlie Lucas and between Biddy and Martin Heffenreffer — which both advance the mystery plot and allow the author to comment on changing human relationships. Thus the novel is richer than the straightforward mystery novel, and shows Heilbrun's development in the genre since the 1964 In the Last Analysis. Part of the novel also turns on an elaborate.....
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