Death of a Doll, Hilda Lawrence
I saw this in vintage paperback in a bookstore in Carlsbad, CA and remembered reading Lawrence's books (I think there were about four or so) back in the day. This was not the cover I saw. This review is largely borrowed from Good Reads because I didn't spend the $ to buy it.
Ruth Miller moves into Hope House, a home for working girls (and not in the newer meaning) and was found dead shorty after. The home officials cover it up, getting an official verdict of "fell or jumped," Nobody knows Ruth well enough to look into it. But it turns out that Ruth did have a friend, whom no one--certainly not her murderer--had bargained for, and she was determined to see justice done.
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8 comments:
I'm in, with:
COLLEGE PARODIES edited by Will and Martin Lieberson
Yeah, that's a print-on-demand sort of cover for the Lawrence novel. Possibly in use on a (supposedly) public-domain ebook, as well...that sort of thing. Was this one particularly good? The one you'd start with with Lawrence?
Patti, I'll have my review of "John Gardner's James Bond novels" ready in a short while. Thanks very much.
The one Lawrence I read was her first, BLOOD UPON THE SNOW, which introduced her main detective Mark East. Two or three of hers were reprinted in the Avon Classic Crime Collection series. I used to have them all.
Jeff M.
I'd suggest BLOOD UPON THE SNOW as a good example of what Hilda Lawrence did with the detective novel. It's an unusual blend of HIBK and the private eye novel. Like Mignon Eberhart she was good at creating creepy atmosphere.
My post is up now:
Death Wears a White Gardenia by Zelda Popkin
I have BLOOD ON THE SNOW by Lawrence to read on my TBR sp shall dig that one out - thanks fpr the reminder Patti (and John)!
Thanks, as always, for including my stuff, Patti.
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