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Sara Woods
Also known as: Anne Burton, Mary Challis
Sara Woods is a pseudonym of Lana Hutton Bowen-Judd. She was a British mystery writer, who also used the pen names of Anne Burton, Mary Challis, and Margaret Leek. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Woods was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Filey, Yorkshire. During World War II, Woods worked in a bank and as a solicitor's clerk in London, where she gained much of the information later used in her novels. She married Anthony George Bowen-Judd on 25 April 1946, and with him ran a pig breeding farm from 1948 to 1954. In 1957 they moved to Nova Scotia in Canada. There she worked as registrar for St. Mary's University until 1964. In 1961 she wrote her first novel, Bloody Instructions, introducing the hero of forty-nine of her mysteries, Anthony Maitland, an English barrister. Lana Bowen-Judd was a member of the Society of Authors in England, the Authors League of America, the Mystery Writers of America, and the English Crime Writers' Association. She was also instrumental in forming Crime Writers of Canada, serving on its first executive committee. Her last years were passed with her husband in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. She died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 5 November 1985. -
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Dearest enemy
Dearest Enemy by Nan Ryan 3.67 · Rating details · 92 ratings · 8 reviews Susanna LeGrande lost her fiancé, her brother and her beloved home to the Union Army. But her grief only strengthened her resolve to spy for the Confederacy. The once-pampered Southern belle charmed her way through Washington society, falling brazenly into the arms of Rear Admiral Mitchell B. Longley, a commanding Union sailor. She seduced, used…and loved the powerful man. In the heat of ecstasy, Susanna forgot Mitch was her enemy—she surrendered her body and her heart. But her ruthless betrayal in the name of the South would cost Mitch everything—his command, his men and very nearly his life. She left a shattered, soulless man in her wake. And now Susanna's dearest love, her dearest enemy, will show her that the sweet kiss of vengeance is a game he, too, can play….
And Shame the Devil
Two policemen were on trial because of a crime two other men swore they did not commit. Except for the attractive daughter and astrologist mother of one of the policemen, no one wanted to talk about it. What was not being said in the small English town was more than mysterious; it was frightening. Antony Maitland sensed it when he took on the case. Something was going on, something wrong - and those who knew what it was were either lying, not talking, or dead.
Though I Know She Lies
The beautiful redheaded model, Barbara Wentworth, is on trial for murder. All the evidence points to her, but her lawyer Antony Maitland is convinced otherwise. He's certain no one concerned with the case is telling the truth, including his client, but would she sacrifice herself for the sake of a cold-blooded killer?