Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
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Description
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1889-1955) was born and brought up in New York and educated at Miss Whitcombe's and other schools for young ladies. In 1913 she married George Holding, a British diplomat. They had two daughters and lived in various South American countries, and then in Bermuda, where her husband was a government official. Elisabeth Sanxay Holding wrote six romantic novels in the 1920s but, after the stock market crash, turned to the more profitable genre of detective novels: from 1929-54 she wrote eighteen, as well as numerous short stories for magazines. In 1949 Raymond Chandler chose her as 'the best character and suspense writer (for consistent but not large production)', picking The Blank Wall (1947) as one of his favourites among her books; it was filmed as The Reckless Moment in 1949 (by Max Ophuls) and as The Deep End (with Tilda Swinton) in 2001. After her husband's retirement the Holdings lived in New York City. Her series character was Lieutenant Levy. Holding also wrote numerous short stories for popular magazines of the day. from Goodreads
Books
The Death Wish/Net of Cobwebs (Stark House Mystery Classics)
275 p. ; 22 cm
The innocent Mrs. Duff
Mr. Duff is not so innocent. He wants to rid himself of his beautiful, loving young wife and marry the dowdy, middle-aged governess. If only he could stay sober long enough to plan and carry out the murder. This is a frightening but compelling look inside the mind of a sociopath. Chilling and thrilling from page one to the end. Brilliant .
Akin to Murder; The Iron Cobweb; Widow's Mite
This is a three book Detective Book Club Edition, of "Akin to Murder" by Kathleen Moore Knight, "The Iron Cobweb" by Ursula Curtiss, and "Widow's Mite" by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.