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Agatha Christie's favorite mystery writer!

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""Both an excellent murder mystery and a superbly written novel with finely drawn characters and background....truly deserves the much over-worked adjective of 'gripping.' In just the first few chapters the author achieves an authentic atmosphere of terror and suspense."" --Knoxville News-Sentinel ""Ingenious...most readers will be completely fooled"" --The New York Times ""This is Miss Daly's finest mystery novel. It is rich escape reading, and well worth the investment and time."" --Durham Herald-Sun ""This latest by Elizabeth Daly is a swell whodunnit, and if it doesn't keep you guessing almost until the last page you should go offer your services to J. Edgar Hoover and his boys at the FBI."" --Springfield Evening Union

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Elizabeth Daly (1878-1967) published her first mystery novel at the age of sixty-two, and then went on to write fifteen more--a charming series set in 1940s New York, in a style reminiscent of the British Golden Age. They feature a gentleman sleuth who is a rare books expert and handwriting specialist, and who solves crimes in his free time. Agatha Christie was a fan, and was noted to have declared Daly her favorite American author. Daly's novels are satisfying classic mysteries that also serve as astute depictions of a New York society that was on the point of vanishing. She received an Edgar award in 1961 for her body of work.

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