Bibliomysteries Books E

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Summaries by Marsha McCurley, Candy Schwartz and Seth D. Bartner

East, Robert.
Murder Rehearsal. New York, Knopf, 1934

Mystery writer finds his fictional murders are becoming relality

Easterman, Daniel.
Judas Testament. New York, HarperCollins, 1994

Political thriller involving manuscript found in Lenin Library

Easton, Nat.
A Book for Banning. New York, Roy, 1959
Bill Banning, mystery writer and detective, is offered four thousand

pounds to find Colonel Clifford's stolen manuscript.

Eatock, Marjorie.
Haunted Heirloom. New York, Popular Library, 1975.

Eccles, Marjorie.
More Deaths Than One. London , Collins Crime Club, 1991 1st U.S., New York, Doubleday Crime Club. 1991
Victim is freelance journalist who seems to have lived several separate lives. Inspector Gil Mayo mystery

Eco, Umberto.
The Name of the Rose. New York, Warner, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1983.

1st English Language [1st ed. pub.1980, Ital.]
In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville, disturbs the 'quietude' of an in an Italian fortress monistary/scriptorium in 'order' to discover why seven of his Fransiscan brothers are found dead on seven successive days under rather

bizarre conditions. A classic bibliomystery.
Foucault's Pendulum. New York, Warner, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1989

1st English Language [1st ed. pub.,1988, Ital.]
A strange Colonel tells 3 Milan editors that he has discovered an ancient coded manuscript concerning the Knights Templar and Stonehenge. Its secret will permit one to tap a mystic source of power greater than atomic energy. Then people begin to disappear, including the Colonel.

Edgar, Keith.
I hate you to death. Toronto, F.E. Howard, 1944

Hated publisher is invited to dinner with his authors

Edwards, Ruth Dudley.
Clubbed to death. New York, St. Martin's, 1992

Former librarian among cast of characters
Publish and Be Murdered. London, Harper Collins, 1998; 1st US edition, Poisoned Pen Press, 1999
Civil servant Robert Amiss solves the murders of the political editor and the magazine's editor for the Wrangler, a journal for which Amiss is the current business manager.

Eisinger, Jo.
The Walls Came Tumbling Down. New York, Coward-McCann, 1943.
The most important clues are two old bibles. Also concerns art dealers.

Engel, Howard.
Murder on Location. Toronto, Clarke Irwin, 1982. 1st US, New York. St. Martin's, 1982.
Cooperman with the Hollywood crowd at Niagara Falls filming a thriller written by a local-boy-made-good. 3rd Benny Cooperman mystery.
A Victim Must Be Found. Markham, Ontario, Viking Press, 1988. 1st U.S., New York, St. Martin's, 1988
Benny Cooperman, the art world, several missing paintings and some necessary historical research on Benny's part that runs from Napolion's mysterious death on St. Helena to a massacre on the island of Cyprus and the British officer who was behind it. 6th Benny Cooperman mystery
The Whole Megillah. Toronto, Bookmasters, 1991.
Set in Toronto, it involves the theft of the Gerson Soncino Megillah, a codex printed from the Book of Esther.
Murder in Montparnasse : A Literary Mystery of Paris. Toronto, Viking Penguin Canada, 1992 ; 1st U.S., Woodstock, New York, Overlook Press, 1999.
This mystery set among the expatriates in Paris in 1925; the characters are based on Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
There Was an Old Woman. Toronto, Viking Penguin, 1993
It starts with a noisy toilet and Benny's janitor, Kogan, who is preoccupied with the starvation death of his sometimes girlfriend. Characters include a beautiful anchorwoman, a famous black mystery writer, an alcoholic media baroness and the smartest and drunkest lawyer in town.10th Benny Cooperman.
Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell. Viking Penguin Books Canada, Toronto, 1997.
A Victorian Mystery with Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Graham Bell and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Engleman, Paul.
Catch A Fallen Angel. New York, Mysterious Press, 1986
A mystery centering on the machinations of running a center-fold type magazine. A Mark Renzler mystery and Author's 2nd Book.

Estleman, Loren.
Sugartown. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
An Amos Walker mystery with the Detroit private investigator trying to discover the relationship between two cases: a nineteen-year-old missing person's case and an eminent Russian novelist who fears that someone is trying to wipe out his next book by erasing its author.
Every Brilliant Eye. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
The 6th Amos Walker mystery. His missing friend Stackpole's book on Vietnam contains a secret which people are dying to learn. Involves organized crime.

Evans, John. (Pseudonym of Howard Browne)
Halo for Satan. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1948
Bishop McManus of Chicago was offered a chance to purchase a manuscript in the handwriting of Christ for twenty-five million dollars. Everything pointed to a fraud except that the person who claimed to have the manuscript was Raymond Wirtz, a ranking authority on ancient documents with impeccable credentials. Paul Pine is the private eye hired by the church to look into the matter and the murders soon to follow.Series character: Paul Pine, Chicago P.I. who also appears in later mysteries which author wrote under is real name, Howard Bowne.

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East, Robert. Murder Rehearsal. New York, Knopf, 1934 Mystery writer finds his fictional murders are becoming relality
Easterman, Daniel. Judas Testament. New York, HarperCollins, 1994 Political thriller involving manuscript found in Lenin Library
Easton, Nat. A Book for Banning. New York, Roy, 1959 Bill Banning, mystery writer and detective, is offered four thousand pounds to find Colonel Clifford's stolen manuscript.
Eatock, Marjorie. Haunted Heirloom. New York, Popular Library, 1975.
Eccles, Marjorie. More Deaths Than One. London , Collins Crime Club, 1991 1st U.S., New York, Doubleday Crime Club. 1991 Victim is freelance journalist who seems to have lived several separate lives. Inspector Gil Mayo mystery
Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. New York, Warner, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1983. 1st English Language [1st ed. pub.1980, Ital.] In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville, disturbs the 'quietude' of an in an Italian fortress monistary/scriptorium in 'order' to discover why seven of his Fransiscan brothers are found dead on seven successive days under rather bizarre conditions. A classic bibliomystery. Foucault's Pendulum. New York, Warner, Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1989 1st English Language [1st ed. pub.,1988, Ital.] A strange Colonel tells 3 Milan editors that he has discovered an ancient coded manuscript concerning the Knights Templar and Stonehenge. Its secret will permit one to tap a mystic source of power greater than atomic energy. Then people begin to disappear, including the Colonel.
Edgar, Keith. I hate you to death. Toronto, F.E. Howard, 1944 Hated publisher is invited to dinner with his authors
Edwards, Ruth Dudley. Clubbed to death. New York, St. Martin's, 1992 Former librarian among cast of characters Publish and Be Murdered. London, Harper Collins, 1998; 1st US edition, Poisoned Pen Press, 1999 Civil servant Robert Amiss solves the murders of the political editor and the magazine's editor for the Wrangler, a journal for which Amiss is the current business manager.
Eisinger, Jo. The Walls Came Tumbling Down. New York, Coward-McCann, 1943. The most important clues are two old bibles. Also concerns art dealers.
Engel, Howard. Murder on Location. Toronto, Clarke Irwin, 1982. 1st US, New York. St. Martin's, 1982. Cooperman with the Hollywood crowd at Niagara Falls filming a thriller written by a local-boy-made-good. 3rd Benny Cooperman mystery. A Victim Must Be Found. Markham, Ontario, Viking Press, 1988. 1st U.S., New York, St. Martin's, 1988 Benny Cooperman, the art world, several missing paintings and some necessary historical research on Benny's part that runs from Napolion's mysterious death on St. Helena to a massacre on the island of Cyprus and the British officer who was behind it. 6th Benny Cooperman mystery The Whole Megillah. Toronto, Bookmasters, 1991. Set in Toronto, it involves the theft of the Gerson Soncino Megillah, a codex printed from the Book of Esther. Murder in Montparnasse : A Literary Mystery of Paris. Toronto, Viking Penguin Canada, 1992 ; 1st U.S., Woodstock, New York, Overlook Press, 1999. This mystery set among the expatriates in Paris in 1925; the characters are based on Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. There Was an Old Woman. Toronto, Viking Penguin, 1993 It starts with a noisy toilet and Benny's janitor, Kogan, who is preoccupied with the starvation death of his sometimes girlfriend. Characters include a beautiful anchorwoman, a famous black mystery writer, an alcoholic media baroness and the smartest and drunkest lawyer in town.10th Benny Cooperman. Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell. Viking Penguin Books Canada, Toronto, 1997. A Victorian Mystery with Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Graham Bell and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Engleman, Paul. Catch A Fallen Angel. New York, Mysterious Press, 1986 A mystery centering on the machinations of running a center-fold type magazine. A Mark Renzler mystery and Author's 2nd Book.
Estleman, Loren. Sugartown. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1984. An Amos Walker mystery with the Detroit private investigator trying to discover the relationship between two cases: a nineteen-year-old missing person's case and an eminent Russian novelist who fears that someone is trying to wipe out his next book by erasing its author. Every Brilliant Eye. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1986. The 6th Amos Walker mystery. His missing friend Stackpole's book on Vietnam contains a secret which people are dying to learn. Involves organized crime.
Evans, John. (Pseudonym of Howard Browne) Halo for Satan. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1948 Bishop McManus of Chicago was offered a chance to purchase a manuscript in the handwriting of Christ for twenty-five million dollars. Everything pointed to a fraud except that the person who claimed to have the manuscript was Raymond Wirtz, a ranking authority on ancient documents with impeccable credentials. Paul Pine is the private eye hired by the church to look into the matter and the murders soon to follow.Series character: Paul Pine, Chicago P.I. who also appears in later mysteries which author wrote under is real name, Howard Bowne.