Mary Roberts Rinehart wrote 6 books about the elderly Letitia (Tish) Carberry and the escapades she gets her elderly lady cronies into. The series led to a 1942 movie with Marjorie Main. This particular book, the third in the series, was written after Mary's stint as a war correspondent in Belgium during the first World War. Summary by ToddHW. More Tish stories The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carbery Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions