Hilda Lawrence

Mark East, Bessie Petty & Beulah Pond

1 - Blood upon the Snow (1944)
2 - A Time to Die (1944)
3 - Death of a Doll (1947)

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  Blood upon the Snow
  

  • 1944
  • / Suspense
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  Mark East, Bessie Petty & Beulah Pond - 1
  

  "Miss Lawrence creates horror atmosphere with good skill, the hard way, with a light touch that leaves no brush marks. A few snowflakes, the mere suggestion of sinister sound, the barest hint of screaming silence, and the reader's hackles come away f...

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  A Time to Die
  

  • 1944
  • / Suspense
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  Mark East, Bessie Petty & Beulah Pond - 2
  

  Just as he encountered murder while off duty in Blood upon the Snow, detective Mark East once again finds his vacation interrupted by a mystery. Perhaps it was a mistake to return to the same small town. On his last visit, the streets of Crestwood la...

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  Death of a Doll
  

  • 1947
  • / Suspense
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  Mark East, Bessie Petty & Beulah Pond - 3
  

  "A treasure of a mystery novel." -- The New York Times Book Review."A distinguished book." --  San Francisco Chronicle"The only time-out for catching your breath in this story of brooding terror is when antic humor cracks the gloom." -- ...

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  The Pavilion
  

  • Feb-1984
  • / Gothic
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  STRANGE RENDEZVOUS They came to the house on different days, at different hours, by different routes. The first two came by train; the others by car, by ferry, by plane. They all knew why they had come...all, except the girl, Regan. For Rega...

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  The House
  

  • Nov-2019
  • / General Fiction
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  The House, first published in 1947 (along with A Composition for Four Hands in the two-novel compendium Duet of Death), is a gothic mystery narrated by Isobel Stone, a young woman just shy of her 21st birthday. Isobel returns to her family home, a ra...

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  Composition for Four Hands
  

  • Apr-2021
  • / Horror
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  The return of a timeless classic of mounting, subtle horror that has haunted generations of readers. A woman is trapped in her own body. She's speechless, paralyzed, and truly helpless, cared for by her seemingly loving family. But she knows with chi...

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