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Dolores Hitchens
Julia Clara Catharine Dolores (Birk Olsen) Hitchens
[1907-1973] |
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Jim Sader, a private investigator, in Long Beach, California: |
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Sleep with Strangers (1955) |
Sleep with Slander (1960) |
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Collins & McKechnie, detectives in California [written with Bert Hitchens, 1897-1979]: |
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F.O.B. Murder (1955) |
The Man Who Followed Women (1959) |
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John Farrel, a railroad detective in southern California [written with Bert Hitchens]: |
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End of the Line (1957) |
The Grudge (1963) |
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Non-series: |
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The Blue Geranium (1941) [written as Dolan Birkley]
The Shivering Bough (1942) [written as Noel Burke]
Stairway to an Empty Room (1951)
Nets To Catch the Wind (1952)
APA: Widows Won’t Wait (1954)
Terror Lurks in Darkness (1953)
Beat Back the Tide (1954)
APA: The Fatal Flirt (1956)
One-Way Ticket [with Bert Hitchens] (1956)
Fools’ Gold (1958)
The Watcher (1959) |
Footsteps in the Night (1961)
The Abductor (1962)
The Bank with the Bamboo Door (1965)
The Unloved (1965) [written as Dolan Birkley]
The Man Who Cried All the Way Home (1966)
Postscript to Nightmare (1967)
APA: Cabin of Fear (1968)
A Collection of Strangers (1969)
The Baxter Letters (1971)
In a House Unknown (1973) |
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Written as D.B. Olsen
Rachel [R] and Jennifer [J] Murdock, elderly sisters and amateur sleuths, along with Samantha the cat, and their friendly rival, police detective Lieutenant Stephen Mayhew [S], set mostly in Los Angeles, California: |
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The Clue in the Clay (1938) [S]
The Cat Saw Murder (1939) [RJS]
The Ticking Heart (1940) [S]
The Alarm of the Black Cat (1942) [RJ]
Cat’s Claw (1943) [RJS]
Catspaw for Murder (1943) [RJS]
The Cat Wears a Noose (1944) [RJS]
Cats Don’t Smile (1945) [RJ] |
Cats Don’t Need Coffins (1946) [RJS]
Cats Have Tall Shadows (1948) [RJ]
The Cat Wears a Mask (1949) [RJ]
Death Wears Cat’s Eyes (1950) [RJ]
The Cat and Capricorn (1951) [RJ]
The Cat Walk (1953) [RJ]
Death Walks on Cat Feet (1956) [RJ] |
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Written as D.B. Olsen
A. Pennyfeather, an English professor at Clarenden College, set mostly in California: |
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Bring the Bride a Shroud (1945)
APA: A Shroud for the Bride (1957)
Gallows for the Groom (1947)
Devious Design (1948) |
Something About Midnight (1950)
Love Me in Death (1951)
Enrollment Cancelled (1952)
APA: Dead Babes in the Wood (1954) |
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Written as D.B. Olsen
Non-series: |
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Death Cuts a Silhouette (1939) |
Widows Ought To Weep (1947) |
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