Murder in the P.M., Phantom Lady, Death on the Aisle, Black Orchids

Four near fine titles in Collier's Front Page Mysteries series. No internal markings. Mild rubbing to boards and minor bumps to corners, otherwise fine condition. A handsome set of mid-20th century murder and crime novels.

Zenith Jones Brown was a prolific mystery author writing under a number of psudonyms including Leslie Ford. Her title, Murder in the P.M. is one of 14 Mrs. Latham and Col. Primrose novels. Cornell Woolrich was another prolific writer of crime and detective fiction which he published under many names, The Phantom Lady, being the first published under the pseudonym William Irish. Many of his stories were made into films including his, It Had to be Murder, which Alfred Hitchcock filmed as Rear Window. Husband and wife team Frances and Richard Lockridge, co-presidents of the Mystery Writers of America were the creators of the acclaimed Mr. and Mrs. North series of books along with the Lt. Heimrich, Nathan Shapiro, and Paul Lane series, totaling more than 60 novels. Rex Stout, a president of the Mystery Writers of America and long-time president of the Author's Guild wrote crime and detective novels and short stories and is the author of forty-seven Nero Wolfe titles. No expedited shipping on these sets.

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