Irene Hastings vacation was spoiled when she's mistaken for an escaped lunatic and held under house arrest at a private hospital. When murder strikes, the police think Irene would make a great suspect in this reprint of a 1946 comic m...
The Black Coat: A Murder Mystery Come...
Constance LittleWhen a young girl is mistaken for a dying woman's niece, she's taken into her home where she ends up looking for a murderer as well as a hidden treasure while downing martinis at an alarming rate with two very different suitors. First...
Aloysius P. Graham and his headstrong daughter move into one wing of his cousins' house without the cousin's knowledge or consent during the past World War II housing shortage. Soon all kinds of people, including a young doctor and a ...
When his boss assigns Henry the task of bodyguarding his beautiful red-haired daughter, he has no idea that he'll end up at his eccentric aunt's house--she painted it entirely in black--surrounded by bodies. First published in 1950, i...
The Black Paw (Rue Morgue Vintage Mys...
Constance LittleCallie Drake was 'brought up soft' but to earn the title to a friend's roadster this housework-challenged vamp has to pose as a maid. But when murder strikes, our lovable gold-digger turns sleuth. First published in 1941.
The Black Piano (Rue Morgue Vintage M...
Constance LittleWith the help of a plastic surgeon and a beautician, Gloria returns home to catch the person who thinks he or she 'murdered' her. A reprint of a 1949 mystery by the queens of the screwball mystery comedy.
The Black Thumb (Rue Morgue Vintage M...
Constance LittleMirth and murder are both contagious in this hospital murder case. What happened to the woman who sang 'John Brown's Body' After visiting hours? What happed to the Axe that definitely didn't belong to Lizzie Bordew. Reprint of a 1942 ...
The Black Dream (Rue Morgue Vintage M...
Constance LittleAgatha Bunson desperately wanted to fire the cook at her boarding house but her father's will made that impossible. Then someone very kindly murdered the cook. Agatha, who was given to sleepwalking, thought she might have done the dee...
The 21st of 21 mysteries by the sisters finds the Littles up to their usual tricks. Bill Runson's happy and prosperous life turns sour when his late father's second wife, an alluring woman with neglibigle scrupes, arrives on his doors...
The Black Iris (Rue Morgue Vintage My...
Constance LittleMiss Ivy and Miss Violet were elderly, liked sherry, cookies--and playing Russian roulette. The game really upset their nephew Richard who managed to substitute blanks for live cartridges. The aunts were also quite wealthy and when th...
The Blackout (Rue Morgue Vintage Myst...
Constance LittleMurder strikes among an odd assortment of people living in a dilapidated mansin owned by a former ballerina in this wasky 1951 mystery.