Doris Miles Disney (1907–1976)
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Werke von Doris Miles Disney
Room for Murder 8 Exemplare
A Compound for Death 2 Exemplare
Trick or Treat 2 Exemplare
Unappointed Rounds & Mrs. Meeker's Money 1 Exemplar
Murder on a Tangent 1 Exemplar
Lockosam bortgång 1 Exemplar
Giochi pericolosi 1 Exemplar
Farliga fantasier 1 Exemplar
Non andare nel bosco, oggi 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
The Day Miss Bessie Lewis Disappeared | Sadie When She Died | A Tough One to Lose (1972) 3 Exemplare
Dead Woman of the Year | Money for the Taking | The Murder of the Dainty-Footed Model (1968) 1 Exemplar
A Plague of Violence | Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate | The Green Hell Treasure (1971) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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- Geburtstag
- 1907-12-22
- Todestag
- 1976-03-09
- Begräbnisort
- Riverside Cemetery, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Sterbeort
- Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
- Wohnorte
- Plainville, Connecticut, USA
Farmington, Connecticut, USA
Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA - Berufe
- mystery novelist
detective novelist
psychological novelist - Kurzbiographie
- Doris Miles Disney was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut. She worked in public relations and the insurance business. In 1936, she married George J. Disney, with whom she had a daughter. Her debut novel, A Compound for Death, was published in 1943. Mrs. Disney became a prolific and versatile mystery novelist, publishing 47 books in her career, many of which were bestsellers. She was famous for never repeating herself and for her well-rounded characters and plots. Several of her books were adapted into feature films or television movies, including Fugitive Lady in 1950 (from Dark Road), Stella in 1950 (from Family Skeleton), and Straw Man (1951). She created three distinct sleuths: U.S. postal inspector David Madden;
county detective Jim O'Neill; and insurance claim investigator Jefferson DiMarco, the best known. Her daughter Elizabeth Disney Laing also became a writer.
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The book is not heavy on atmosphere but was great at making me want to read to find out where it was going to go ultimately even though it is a mystery/thriller so the ending is kind of a given. There is not much else to say about it even spoilers are a little moot, the plot is a typical husband murders rich wife for her money kind of thing. The real draw is the method and manner of the murder as well as the uncertain fate of the lead heroine, Grace Munson. There's also a brief twist near the end (as you do) and a gory corpse.
I would recommend this book, the story is well-paced and the characters are discernable from one another including the sister-in-law and her put-upon-husband. However, as the characters go, the police detective was a bit bland and more akin to the other background players but necessary to the denouement. The text has no fat whatsoever, everything seems like it's headed right for that cliff at the end.… (mehr)