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Mignon G. Eberhart (1899–1996)

Autor von Wolf In Man's Clothing

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Mignon G. Eberhart was born on July 6, 1899 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She studied English and history at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Her first novel, Patient in Room 18, was published in 1929. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 50 novels and numerous short stories including While the Patient mehr anzeigen Slept, House on the Roof, Hasty Wedding, With This Ring, Three Days for Emeralds, and Dead Yesterday and Other Stories. She received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1971 and the Agatha Award: Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1994. She died on October 8, 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Mignon G. Eberhart

Wolf In Man's Clothing (1942) 85 Exemplare
Postmark Murder (1986) 77 Exemplare
The Patient in Room 18 (1929) 70 Exemplare
Hunt with the Hounds (1950) 67 Exemplare
While The Patient Slept (1930) 65 Exemplare
Hasty Wedding (1938) 64 Exemplare
Murder By An Aristocrat (1932) 55 Exemplare
Man Missing (1954) 55 Exemplare
Speak No Evil (1941) 53 Exemplare
The Mystery of Hunting's End (1930) 53 Exemplare
The Patient in Cabin C (1983) 52 Exemplare
The Cases of Susan Dare (1934) 51 Exemplare
Five Passengers from Lisbon (1946) 51 Exemplare
Gefährliche Schatten (1953) 50 Exemplare
Another Man's Murder (1957) 49 Exemplare
Unidentified Woman (1943) 49 Exemplare
Three Days for Emeralds (1988) 45 Exemplare
Rätsel um Melora (1959) 44 Exemplare
Escape the Night (1944) 44 Exemplare
Witness at Large (1966) 42 Exemplare
Death in the Fog (1933) 42 Exemplare
R.S.V.P. Murder (1965) 41 Exemplare
Run Scared (1963) 39 Exemplare
Danger Money (1974) 39 Exemplare
Drei letzte Worte (1973) 38 Exemplare
The Pattern (1937) 37 Exemplare
The House on the Roof (1934) 36 Exemplare
Never Look Back (1951) 36 Exemplare
Alpine Condo Crossfire (1984) 35 Exemplare
Family Affair (1981) 34 Exemplare
The Chiffon Scarf (1939) 33 Exemplare
Wings of Fear (1945) 33 Exemplare
Danger in the Dark (1937) 33 Exemplare
The Hangman's Whip (1940) 31 Exemplare
Sie sind gewarnt (1935) 31 Exemplare
House of Storm (1949) 30 Exemplare
With This Ring (1941) 30 Exemplare
Das weiße Gewand. (1945) 30 Exemplare
Vorhang auf für eine Leiche (1971) 29 Exemplare
The White Cockatoo (1933) 29 Exemplare
From This Dark Stairway (1931) 29 Exemplare
Fighting Chance (1986) 29 Exemplare
Dead Men's Plans (1952) 29 Exemplare
Another Woman's House (1947) 28 Exemplare
Nine O'Clock Tide (1975) 28 Exemplare
Haus überm Abgrund. (1960) 27 Exemplare
Message from Hong Kong (1969) 26 Exemplare
Call After Midnight (1964) 26 Exemplare
The Man Next Door (1943) 25 Exemplare
Die grünen Hände (1938) 25 Exemplare
Next of Kin (1982) 25 Exemplare
The Bayou Road (1976) 24 Exemplare
Casa Madrone (1980) 23 Exemplare
Deadly Is the Diamond (1942) 23 Exemplare
Enemy in the House (1962) 21 Exemplare
Family Fortune (1976) 20 Exemplare
Verrat auf Honotassa (1961) 18 Exemplare
Woman on the Roof (1967) 18 Exemplare
Brief Return (1939) 6 Exemplare
Dům na střeše 4 Exemplare
Six Redbook Novels 2 Exemplare
The Birth of Venus 1 Exemplar
A ÚLTIMA CAÇADA 1 Exemplar
SANGUE AZUL 1 Exemplar
Non e possibile 1 Exemplar
Spider 1 Exemplar
Tödlicher Tango (1992) 1 Exemplar
To Kill an Heiress 1 Exemplar
Obras Selectas 1 Exemplar
Den vita kakadun 1 Exemplar
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 Exemplar
Dodici Rintocchi 1 Exemplar

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The Terrorists | Family Fortune | Maigret and the Apparition (1976) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform
Eberhart, Mignon G.
Rechtmäßiger Name
Eberhart, Mignon Good
Andere Namen
Good, Mignonette (birth name)
Geburtstag
1899-07-06
Todestag
1996-10-08
Begräbnisort
Long Island National Cemetery, New York, New York, USA
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
USA
Geburtsort
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Sterbeort
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Ausbildung
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Berufe
detective novelist
crime novelist
short story writer
historical mystery novelist
Preise und Auszeichnungen
MWA Grand Master (1971)
Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement (1994)
Honorary Doctorate
Edgar Award (1970)
Kurzbiographie
Mignon Good was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and attended Nebraska Wesleyan University. She began to write in her early teens and published her first novel, The Patient in Room 18, in 1929. In 1923, she married Alanson C. Eberhart. Mignon G. Eberhart became a popular and successful writer, who produced more than 60 novels, including a number of historical mysteries, short stories, novellas, plays and at least one screenplay. Many of her works mixed mystery and romance, and several were adapted for film and television, including The White Cockatoo (1935), While the Patient Slept (1935), Murder by an Aristocrat (1936), The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936), The Great Mystery Hospital (1937), The Dark Stairway (1938), and Three’s a Crowd (1945). By the end of the 1930s, she had become the leading female crime novelist in the USA and was one of the highest paid female crime novelists in the world, next to Agatha Christie and Mary Roberts Rinehart. She was named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America in 1971 and continued to be an active writer of mystery fiction until the late 1980s. A posthumous collection of her short stories, Dead Yesterday and Other Stories, was published in 2007.

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An interesting little book. It really jumped right into things to start, which made it kind of hard to follow, but it straightened out pretty quickly and turned into a fun little murder mystery. A little dated, ok, maybe a lot dated, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
 
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MrMet | 1 weitere Rezension | Apr 28, 2023 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | 1 weitere Rezension | Sep 15, 2022 |
Frances Hilliard's father has just died in Nice. He'd never spent much time with his daughter, but knowing he had little time left, he'd taken Frances on an extravagant European holiday. Unknown to Frances, her father had always spent everything he earned, so she is shocked to find that she is staying in an expensive hotel suite, without enough money to pay the bill or the fare home to New York. When a man reeking of perfume accosts her in the street, then sends her $5000, she realises that her father has involved her in a risky situation she does not understand. The arrival of Richard Amberley, whose wife was murdered 2 years ago, and who has received a letter from Frances's father, begins to explain what her father has done.

This was a very good Eberhart. It had an idiot orphan heroine who blundered around in blizzards pursued by a murderer; a love interest decades too old; a horde of wealthy upper-class suspects that included an eccentric uncle and a beautiful, brainless eavesdropper with a malicious, impecunious younger brother.
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pamelad | 1 weitere Rezension | Oct 10, 2021 |
When Ghosts come Home by Wiley Cash is a 2021 William Morrow publication.

Sheriff Winston Barnes, and his wife, are awakened by a low-lying plane, prompting Barnes to drive over the airport to see what was going on. Upon arrival, he discovers the plane has crashed and the lone occupant has been shot to death.

The man happened to be a local, someone who went to school with Barnes’ daughter, Colleen. The crash stirs up a hornet’s nest of racial tensions, rumors, and accusations. The timing couldn’t be worse for sheriff as his bid for re-election, already precarious, could fall apart completely.
To complicate matters, Barnes’ daughter, who is still recovering from giving birth to a stillborn baby, as some home, and his wife’s health depends on him keeping his job.

As the mystery deepens, Winston must contend with his election opponent, discord within his own office, and the racial threats made against the widow of the murdered man…

I have only read one other book by this author, but it was good enough to convince me all the praise heaped upon Cash was well-deserved. This novel, however, was not as gripping as I had anticipated.

The story moves at a brisk pace, and there’s a lot going on, both on the criminal and political front, but behind the scenes, with Winston’s wife and daughter. We also learn that the sheriff has a troubled past, and that this case has dredged up some painful memories. While these uncomfortable and emotional topics, create more depth to Winston’s character, and are compelling threads, they are not especially important to the mystery at hand.

The underlying web of racism that suddenly floats to the surface, is the most important element of the story, but it doesn’t get the full exploration it needed or deserved.

There was something lacking in this story, along with some pretty big plot concerns that gave the story a lack of cohesiveness and a rushed feel to it. Major hints point to unpleasant developments- but the conclusion was no less shocking- because of it.

I have very mixed feelings about this one. I think this author writes higher quality material, but loyal fans will probably give him the benefit of the doubt- understandably.

That said, despite not measuring up to his reputation, this book is still on a level with other novels of its caliber and is not a bad way to spend a rainy fall afternoon.

3 stars
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gpangel | Oct 4, 2021 |

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