Bøger af Florence Ryerson

When Harlan Grant, famed spiritualist medium (and blackmailer) is found dead in a locked room, actress Norah Fallon and her scientist boyfriend, Richard Stoddard, are implicated. Norah turns to author and playwright (and occasional amateur detective) Jimmy Lane to help clear their names. Why was the occultist so spooked in his last days? What was the 'Fear of Fear'? Jimmy and his Watson, attorney Philip Carter, investigate the uneasy household of Russian Hill, set in three adjacent Victorian row homes, where ancient mysteries meet dangerous scientific discoveries.Fear of Fear was first published in 1931.

Novelist Lucia Conroy, who is collaborating with Jimmy Lane on a play, persuades him to visit her ancestral mansion on Sycamore Island in New York, where she must attend a family gathering. Bringing along his pal (and narrator) Philip Carter, Jimmy finds himself in the midst of a classic murder scenario, with the family reunion cut off from the mainland by a storm. Jimmy's detective skills are put to the test as one death after another raises the tension in this atmospheric thriller. Blind Man's Buff was first published in 1933.

Q. Silver is a criminal mastermind who must (temporarily) turn sleuth when finds himself, and his lowbrow assistant Joe Lynch, embroiled in a murder investigation. Silver bluffs his way into leading the investigation to keep the police from getting suspicious. Joe is convinced they're both headed for the electric chair. The Borgia Blade is a forged artifact that Silver hoped would catch the eye of Vincent Welsh, renowned collector of priceless Renaissance treasures. Welsh had other plans, hosting a house party of rival collectors. When a killer strikes in an ingenious and perplexing manner, Silver must unravel the mystifying threads to keep the law off his heels and treasure in his pocket. Co-author Florence Ryerson was best known for co-writing the screenplay for The Wizard of Ox (1939). Ryerson and her husband, Colin Clements, wrote numerous short stories, novels, and plays together. The Borgia Blade was published in 1937.