Wendy Hornsby: Nine Sons Style:Trade Softcover Even as Hildegarde broke into

Even as Hildegarde broke into movies

David Westbrook by the Edgar and (multiple) Ellery Queen Readers Award winner

"Reading like across between Hercule Poirot and Mrs Beeton

but a concerned human being who has experienced loss in his own life

Dennis Lynds (1924-2005)

Wendy Hornsby: Nine Sons Style:Trade Softcover Even as Hildegarde broke intoWendy Hornsby Wendy Hornsby does not write cozies, or tales about cat sleuths, or sanitized murder. Her tales explore the depths of the human psyche, and her family crimes are decidedly uncozy. In the title story, which won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar for Best Short Story, a heart wrenching mystery surrounds a family living on the Northern Plains during the Depression. "Ghost Caper" is probably the purest example of noir fiction by a modern