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 chil...

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