I did not finish this story as I did not engage with the story on any level.

Matt was Peggy’s son, his mom had called Matt and he immediately went to her. Peggy was a widow and rented out a couple of rooms in her house. Peg said a girl had came last night and was so tired and nothing had really been settled but Peg said the girl wouldn’t wake up now but she was alive. Betty came in and said that when Peg had went down to answer the phone she had taken over telling the girl the rules of the house and she too thought the girl was preoccupied or exhausted. Then Matt found out his mom didn’t know where the girl came from or how she got to his mother's or why or even her name. His mother didn’t ask how long she would even be there. Matt had a part time job as a lab technician and was going to school he planned on being a scientist and the hospital was across the park where he lived with his mother. The young woman was moved to the hospital as she wouldn’t wake up but appeared only to be in a very peaceful sleep. There was no ID of any kind to be found among the girl’s things. Tony is a reporter but had stopped to see Betty and found out about the young woman as she really wasn’t a girl. Tony was the first to set things up to have the young woman photographed and wrote an article about her. Then Tony finds out and tells Matt a murdered young woman had been found in back of a rig that looked just like the sleeping young woman. Detective Tate is working on that case. Matt’s mother felt responsible for the young woman so then Matt told he would take over being responsible for her even at the hospital. Matt was to talk to everyone who claimed to know the young woman and figure out who really may know her so they could see her during visiting hours only. Matt was trying to find any information on her and Betty helped.
I read three fourths of this story and kept hoping it would get better but it just didn’t for me and i could not force myself to read it any longer. This story just wasn’t for me.

I received a free copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I must admit, though I knew of Charlotte Armstrong and am an avid reader of early-to-mid-20th Century mysteries, I did not make the connection until after I began reading this. My first thought was that it read like an older novel. Aha! That's because it is one! As soon as I realized what I was reading something shifted. It went from oddly old-fashioned to familiar. The mystery itself, while a bit far-fetched, is sufficiently complicated to keep the reader on her toes. Armstrong has been on my to read pile for a long time and now that I have experienced her, I probably won't run out and get all her books, but neither will I avoid her. All in all, a fun little pulpy read.