Golden Age of Detective Fiction

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Goodreads Blurb:

A San Francisco couple sorts through scandals to find a killer in this classic mystery starring “one of the more interesting married teams of detectives” ( Thrilling Detective ).

Pat and Jean Abbott’s new San Francisco neighbors give new meaning to the term dysfunctional family. And now, amid the mess of exes, stepchildren, rivalries, and resentments, there’s been a tragic death—little Lisa, a vulnerable ten-year-old, has fatally overdosed on cough medicine.

When one of the grown daughters of the patriarch, Dr. Alby—who prescribed the narcotic himself—asks private investigator Pat to look into the suspicious circumstances, he and Jean will find that everyone from a heartless beauty to a handsome womanizer may be behind this crime, and that they themselves are in danger of being caught up in a deadly family drama . . .

The Amber Eyes

Series: Pat and Jean Abbott Mystery (#25)

182 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 19, 2022 by MysteriousPress.com/Open Road.

Goodreads Blurb:

During a stay in Kentucky horse country, a husband-and-wife detective team race to find a killer . . .

PI Pat Abbott and his wife, Jean, are vacationing in Kentucky horse country and visiting Pat’s old friend Rob Murray, who lives there with his sister and daughter. But when Rob’s trainer is found dead, Pat is willing to bet it’s murder despite the local doctor’s verdict of suicide. The quest to find the truth will involve a fainting blonde at the Abbotts’ hotel and some of the more colorful citizens of Lexington in this suspenseful Golden Age classic featuring “one of the more interesting married teams of detectives” (Thrilling Detective).

The Daffodil Blonde

Series: Pat and Jean Abbott Mystery (#13)

243 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1950. Published July 5, 2022 by MysteriousPress.com/Open Road.

Goodreads Blurb:

England is in the grip of the Second World War and the Blitz has forced the evacuation of various government offices from London. Francis Pettigrew, an unsuccessful barrister and amateur detective, accompanies his ministry to the distant seaside resort of Marsett Bay where the civil servants must make the best of their temporary home. In this strange atmosphere, Pettigrew begins to fall in love with his secretary, Miss Brown, who is also being courted by a widowed man who is much older than her. Bored and restless, the ministers start playing a light-hearted game of ‘plan the perfect murder’ to pass the time. Pettigrew, caught up in his love for Miss Brown, remains detached from the silliness – until a real murder happens, and he is drawn into solving the mystery.

With a Bare Bodkin

Series: Francis Pettigrew (#2), Inspector Mallett (#5)

206 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1946. Published November 29, 2018 by Reading Essentials.

Goodreads Blurb:

Superintendent Macdonald, CID, studied his fellow-passengers on the Vienna plane simply because he couldn’t help it, because he hadn’t conditioned himself to being on holiday. The distinguished industrialist he recognised: the stout man he put down (quite mistakenly) as a traveller in whisky. The fair girl was going to a job (he was right there) and the aggressive young man in the camel coat might be something bookish. Macdonald turned away from his fellow-passengers deliberately; they weren’t his business, he was on holiday – or so he thought.

Murder in Vienna

Series: Robert Macdonald (#42)

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1956. Published June 2, 2020 by Amazon Services LLC