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Storm Gifford reports: In a twist of irony so devious it would have turned Agatha Christie green with envy, Oregon chef Daniel Brophy was found shot to death nearly seven years after his wife of 27 years penned an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband.”
Nancy Crampton-Brophy, the writer of sensuous mysteries such as “Hell on the Heart” and “The Wrong Husband,” was arrested for murder on Sept. 5 — more than three months after the death of her spouse.
“Dan was one of the very few people I’ve known that knew exactly what he wanted in life and loved doing it,” she said at a candlelight vigil two days after Daniel’s demise.
Oregon cops were mum on arrest details such as why Crampton-Brophy, 68, was taken into custody only last week for the June 2 shooting.
“Detectives believe Nancy L. Crampton-Brophy is the suspect in Daniel C. Brophy’s murder,” said Portland police, who refused to discuss motive or evidence. Read the rest of this entry »
Source: Seattle Mystery Books
Above, a French promo poster for the American film noir Gun Crazy, which premiered in France as Le Démon des armes today in 1950.
Source: Mudwerks
September 1939 issue
Cover art by H.W. Scott
Source: flashbak.com
1949 Harper hardcover
1991 Black Lizard paperback reissue
cover art by Kirwan
Rufus King, Murder by Latitude, 1950; cover art by Rudolph Belarski.
1930 Doubleday hardcover
3rd with Lt. Valcour
Source: box-o-paperbacks
Confessions Of A Chinatown Moll
Source: pulpcovers
Source: Pulp Covers
Beyond The Rings Of Saturn – pulpcovers
June 1942 issue. Cover art by Peter Driben
The Other One Cover Art Bob Hilbert
1950 published as Lady, Toll That Bell
1960 republished with this new title
The Widow Had Too Many Sweeties
1946 Random House hardcover, 1949 Bantam paperback reissue
April 1942 issue
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