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This-Is Murder! first published in 1941, is a classic murder mystery set aboard a film producer's yacht cruising near California's Catalina Island; guests include the cast and crew of a new film. Tragedy strikes when the film's leading lady drowns while swimming, but the death is no accident. Trapped in a thick fog, it falls to passenger Dean Mallory, author of Crime Fictions and the film's screenwriter, to investigate and identify the killer.
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The Whispering Window, first published in 1936, is the first in the series featuring amateur detective Ethel Thomas. The setting is a large department store plagued by missing products and, more seriously, four murders in a single day's time.
From the dustjacket: Meet Miss Ethel Thomas! - the shrewdest spinster-sleuth that ever walked the pages of a mystery story. You've seldom encountered as lively a lady of her years (age 75), and it's a treat...
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Sudden Silence, first published in 1938 and now available in an e-book format, is a 'golden-age' murder mystery centering on the on-stage death of a prominent big band-leader during a performance in San Francisco. Hal Harrison and his orchestra The Harmony Men were one of the hottest new bands in the country. Their two night stand at the Crystal Gardens in San Francisco was going to be the biggest thing to hit that city in years. But when threats...
4) Crimson Ice
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Crimson Ice, first published in 1935, is a 'golden-age' murder mystery by Cortland Fitzsimmons (1893-1949). Set in the world of ice-hockey, a leading player is knifed during a game between bitter rivals the Boston Cougars and the Canadian Blue Devils. It falls to Dick Bowers to solve the mystery and identify the killer.
Death strides with the speed of the flash of skates on ice in this mystery of murder in the sports world.
From the moment that...
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The Moving Finger, first published in 1937, features private detective Ethel Thomas as she searches for a set of private diaries, which, if made public, would scandalize New York's high society. From the publisher: "Scandal, which threatens to blast New York society wide open, is the background for a particularly interesting series of crimes, and Miss Ethel Thomas, who won the hearts of mystery lovers in The Whispering Window is back again in The...
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