Dorothy B. Hughes

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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1940
  • Latest Book:
    June 2013
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Book List in Order: 14 titles

  • The So Blue Marble

    Harlequin Romance - 44

    THE SO BLUE MARBLE. IT PROMISED TREASURE AND DELIVERED MURDER. Once the dashing, top-hatted twins had the marble, they would do to Griselda what they had done to others. Her estranged husband, Con, a thousand miles away, could no longer save h...

  • The Fallen Sparrow

    DEATH WAS WAITING AT THE END OF HIS LUGER. TO AVENGE A FRIEND AND MURDER A GHOST. Kit came back to New York to track down his buddy's killer. It had to be murder: Louie wasn't the suicidal type. One person stood in the way of revenge -- The Wobbl...

  • In a Lonely Place

    A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time.Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former...

  • The Expendable Man

    “It was surprising what old experiences remembered could do to a presumably educated, civilized man.” And Hugh Denismore, a young doctor driving his mother’s Cadillac from Los Angeles to Phoenix, is eminently educated and civilized. He is privi...

  • Ride the Pink Horse

    During Fiesta, three desperate men converge in a perilous New Mexico town It takes four days for Sailor to travel to New Mexico by bus. He arrives broke, sweaty, and ready to get what's his. It's the annual Fiesta, and the locals burn an e...

  • The Blackbirder

    A suspenseful World War II"era novel from “the world’s finest female noir writer . . . [featuring] a resourceful spy heroine” (Sarah Weinman, Los Angeles Review of Books).   Julie Guilles has escaped to New York from Nazi-...

  • The Bamboo Blonde

    When Con Satterlee picked up the half-intoxicated blonde in the Bamboo Bar, Griselda was annoyed. When he walked out with the blonde, leaving Griselda flat, she was furious. She was frightened, too, returning alone to the isolated, ramshackle beach c...

  • The Candy Kid

    In El Paso, a ranch hand falls for a dangerous gringa Jose Aragon looks like a cowboy and, to his disgust, smells like one too. In El Paso between jobs, he’s standing outside the Chenoweth Hotel, praying for a room, a shower, and a couple of ice...

  • The Cross-Eyed Bear Murders

    Alone in New York City, a young actress becomes entangled in an international caper Lizanne Steffasson used to dream of life on the Broadway stage -- that is, until she came crashing down to Earth. Having decided to aim lower, she dreams simply of...



  • The Davidian Report

    To stop a Communist plot, a secretive man searches Los Angeles for a confidential report When bad weather forces his flight to Los Angeles to land outside of town, Steve Wintress agrees to share a car with three of his fellow travelers: a timid y...

  • The Delicate Ape

    To prevent another war, a diplomat hides from enemies of peace Twelve years after the Second World War ended, America’s war efforts have been replaced by those of the Peace Department, whose chief responsibility is to oversee the police force th...

  • Dread Journey

    A starlet on a transcontinental train fears her director may be trying to kill her in this novel by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Dorothy B. Hughes. Four years after she arrived in Los Angeles, Kitten Agnew has become a star. Though beautif...

  • Johnnie

    Lost in New York, a GI stumbles upon a nest of peculiar Germans Private First Class Johnnie Brown has only two days to spend in New York before he ships out to fight the Nazis. While his fellow soldiers amuse themselves at the Statue of Liberty, t...

  • The Scarlet Imperial

    Handed a mysterious package, a woman finds herself caught in a deadly game Her name is not Eliza Williams. A fashionable young woman with a taste for adventurous men, she made the mistake of falling in love with Towner Clay -- a New York City play...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dorothy B. Hughes has published 14 books.

Dorothy B. Hughes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Davidian Report, was published in June 2013.

The first book by Dorothy B. Hughes, The So Blue Marble, was published in January 1940.

No. Dorothy B. Hughes does not write books in series.
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