Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Frank D. McSherry, Martin Harry Greenberg, Jean Little

Murder and mystery in Boston

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Author

Contributions

Waugh, Carol-Lynn Rössel. - Contributor
McSherry, Frank D. - Contributor
Greenberg, Martin Harry. - Contributor

Publication

1987 - Dembner Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

74,500 words, Guess

Page Count

298 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL2385444M
ISBN-100934878951
OCLC Control Number15858313
OCLC Control Numbermurdermysteryinb00waug
Library of Congress Control Number87014361

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Goodreads3013445

Classifications

DDC813/.0872/083274461
LCCPS648.D4 M853 1987

Description

In a chowder house a group of Boston Brahmins discover that even among the elite the basest urge - murder - can surface. Twilight terror stalks Boston Common where a murderer cloaks himself in the deceptive light of dusk. Queen Street is agog in 1722 when the body of the candlemaker is found encased in green wax. There's gunplay at the Harvard School of Law while a corpse rides a swan-boat in the Public Garden. Ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Asey Mayo, the Codfish Sherlock, the detectives in this anthology travel all over Boston to solve crimes. The authors collected here, including Edward D. Hoch, Donald E. Westlake, Phoebe Atwood Taylor, and George Harmon Coxe, illustrate that while Boston has changed since Colonial times, its residents' penchant for murder hasn't.