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by Dorothy B. Hughes
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Availability:In StockContributor:Dorothy B. Hughes, Otto Penzler (Introduction by)Series:An American Mystery ClassicPublish date:2018-10-02Pages:216
Language:EnglishPublisher:American Mystery ClassicsISBN-13:9781613161050ISBN-10:1613161050UPC:9781613161050Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:TraditionalSize:8.20 x 5.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCGHQBVAQT

The society pages announce it before she even arrives: Griselda Satterlee, daughter of the princess of Rome, has left her career as an actress behind and is traveling to Manhattan to reinvent herself as a fashion designer. They also announce the return of the dashing Montefierrow twins to New York after a twelve-year sojourn in Europe. But there is more to this story than what's reported, which becomes clear when the three meet one evening during a walk, and their polite conversation quickly takes a menacing turn. The twins are seeking a rare and powerful gem and they believe it's stashed in the unused apartment where Griselda is staying. Baffled by the request, she pushes them away, but they won't take no for an answer. When they return, accompanied by Griselda's long-estranged younger sister, the murders begin...

Drenched in the glamour and luxury of the New York elite, The So Blue Marble is a perfectly Art Deco suspense novel in which nothing is quite as it seems. While different in style from her later books, Dorothy B. Hughes's debut highlights her greatest strengths as an author, rendered with both the poetic language and the psychology of fear for which she is known today.

Language:EnglishPublisher:American Mystery ClassicsISBN-13:9781613161050ISBN-10:1613161050UPC:9781613161050Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & DetectiveBook Topic:TraditionalSize:8.20 x 5.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCGHQBVAQT
Hughes, Dorothy B.: -

Dorothy B. Hughes (1904-1993) was a mystery author and literary critic. Born in Kansas City, she studied at Columbia University and won an award from the Yale Series of Younger Poets for her first book, the poetry collection Dark Certainty (1931). After writing several unsuccessful manuscripts, she published The So Blue Marble in 1940, winning praise for its terse, hard-boiled prose.

Hughes published thirteen more novels, the best known of which are The Fallen Sparrow (1942), Ride the Pink Horse (1946), In a Lonely Place (1947). All three were made into successful films. In the early fifties, Hughes largely stopped writing fiction, preferring to focus on criticism, for which she would go on to win an Edgar Award. In 1978, the Mystery Writers of America presented Hughes with the Grand Master Award for literary achievement.

Penzler, Otto: - Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of the Mysterious Press (1975); Mysterious Press.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City's Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from Noircon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.
Publisher: American Mystery Classics

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