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Dorothy Cameron Disney
1903-1992) was an American writer. She was born in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in 1903 and educated at Barnard College, New York. She married Milton MacKaye, and worked as a stenographer, copy writer, journalist and night club hostess before becoming a full time writer.
Most acclaimed
Death in the Back Seat
Death in the Back Seat is the first book written by Dorothy Cameron Disney. In this classic mystery, Mr. and Mrs. Storm, a painter and a writer, plan to live a simple life in an isolated cottage in the country away from their New York apartment, but find themselves accused of murder and swept in a series of dangerous events.
The 17th Letter
> The talented author of Crimson Friday makes an abrupt departure from the type of story she has done in the past. Now she offers a tale of furious action in which an attractive young American couple find themselves both the pursued and the pursuers in a spy plot as unusual as it is fiendish. Done with the finish and close attention to characterization which have marked all of Miss Disney's previous books, this one is a notable performance in suspense and excitement. >The best friend of Paul and Mary Strong, a photographer for the same news magazine for which Paul is a correspondent, is stuck in Iceland on his way back to America. In place of his 17th letter comes an envelope containing only a theater program from an unidentified city. That is the first intimation of anything amiss, but from the day of its arrival things happen at a breath-taking rate. >Readers will take Mary to their hearts. For all her youth and blonde beauty she is indefatigable in her pursuit of the mysterious menace that hangs over her husband and his friend. When Paul gets himself assigned to Iceland to investigate, she unhesitatingly stows away on the same ship because she has received a mysterious warning that "something is going to happen to the convoy." Not the least of the complications on board is a charge of murder brought against Mary and Paul by the captain. At Halifax the fun really begins because their problem is to get ashore and dodge the Mounties while they pursue the clue of the enigmatic theater program.
Crimson Friday
Veronica Moran's eccentricities are a ruse to hide a dark past. When her history catches up with her, the frightening revelations end in murder and suicide. The story takes place in a New England town where Mrs. Moran disappears and her maid is murdered. Arsenic and an empty harp crate are just two of the clues that combine with other events, present and past, into the smoothly blended solution.