The White Cockatoo (novel)
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The White Cockatoo is a murder mystery novel written by Mignon G. Eberhart. It was published by Doubleday, Doran & Co. in 1933. It was later released in December, 1993, by Thorndike Press.[1] The novel served as the basis of the 1935 film of the same name directed by Alan Crosland.
Americans Sue Talley and Jim Sundean find themselves at the same large, off-season hotel in the south of France. Amidst a constant spooky, atmospheric wind, a series of murders occur; Sue begins to suspect that the deaths are connected to her arrival.
Composition
Eberhart drew on her experiences traveling in the Maritime Alps and staying in just such a hotel in the winter of 1931–32.[2] The name of the town in the book is left intentionally obscure by Eberhart, with the implication that it may be Avignon.[3]