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Historical Mysteries in Series: Early 1930s 1950s
All titles are shelved in the Mystery section of the library and are the first in each series in the Downers Grove Public Librarys collection.
M/ADAMS
Adams, Harold Fourth Widow 1986, 195p.
When: 1930s
Where: Corden, SD
Who: Carl Wilcox, Private Eye
M/COBB
Cobb, James H. West on 66 1999, 261p.
When: 1958
Where: Route 66, USA
Who: Kevin Pulaski, L.A. County Deputy Sheriff
M/COLLINS
Collins, Max Allan Dark City 1987, 233p.
When: 1930s
Where: Cleveland, Ohio
Who: Eliot Ness, Director of Public Safety, Cleveland, former Chief Agent, U. S. Treasury Departments Alcohol Tax Unit
M/COLLINS
Collins, Max Allan Dying in the Post-War World 1991, 251p.
When: 1940s
Where: Chicago
Who: Nathan Heller, Private Detective
M/EDDENDEN
Eddenden, A.E. A Good Year for Murder 1988, 178p.
When: 1940
Where: Fort York, Ontario. Canada
Who: Inspector Albert V. Tretheway and Constable Jake Small, Traffic Department
M/GORMAN
Gorman, Ed The Day the Music Died 1999, 210p.
When: 1958
Where: Black River Falls, Iowa
Who: Sam McCain, lawyer, investigator
M/GOULART
Goulart, Ron Groucho Marx, Private Eye 1999, 263p.
When: 1938
Where: Hollywood
Who: Groucho Marx, comedian, and Frank Denby, scriptwriter
M/HOPKINS
Hopkins, Roland Sr. Snowball in Hell 1999, 230p.
When: 1945
Where: Boston
Who: Jonathan Dark, private eye
M/JANES
Janes, J. Robert Mirage 1992, 272p.
When: 1942
Where: Paris
Who: Jean-Louis St-Cyr of the Sûreté, and Hermann Kohler of the Gestapo
M/KAMINSKY
Kaminsky, Stuart High Midnight 1981, 188p.
When: 1942
Where: Mostly in and near Los Angeles
Who: Toby Peters, private eye
M/KUHLKEN
Kuhlken, Ken Loud Adios 1991, 217p.
When: 1940s
Where: Tijuana
Who: Tom Hickey, military police border guard, private eye
M/KURLAND
Kurland Too Soon Dead 1997, 238p.
When: 1930s
Where: Manhattan
Who: Morgan DeWitt, assistant to columnist, Alexander Brass
M/MATTHEWS
Matthews, Greg Far from Heaven 1997, 302p.
When: 1940s
Where: Hollywood
Who: Keith Moody, screenwriter
M/MOSELEY
Mosely, Walter Devil in a Blue Dress 1990, 219p.
When: 1948
Where: Los Angeles
Who: Easy Rawlins, out of work WW2 veteran, hired by gangster to investigate
M/NOLAN
Nolan, William F. Sharks Never Sleep 1998, 242p.
When: 1940s
Where: California
Who: Erle Stanley Gardner, author
M/ROOSEVELT
Roosevelt, Elliott Murder and the First Lady 1987, 227p.
When: 1939
Where: Washington, D. C.
Who: Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States
M/SCHUNK
Schunk, Laurel Black and Secret Midnight 1998, 239p.
When: 1950s
Where: Georgia
Who: Beth Ann Crane, 12-year-old student
M/SKINNER
Skinner, Robert Skin Deep, Blood Red 1997, 247p.
When: 1936
Where: New Orleans
Who: Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner
M/STRUNK
Strunk, Frank C. Jordons Wager 1991, 241p.
When: 1933
Where: Eastern Kentucky
Who: Berkley Jordon, Deputy Sheriff
Prepared by Carol Yarmolich, November 2001

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