Murder Will In (Carolyn Wells)

By Carolyn Wells First published: J.B.  Lippincott, 1942 ★ Carolyn Well's 82nd and final mystery. "Carolyn Wells might have wished the long legend of her tale spinning to turn out in just this way," Will Cuppy wrote. "She left behind one of her best stories in many years, a mystery full of her special qualities …

The Clue (Carolyn Wells)

By Carolyn Wells First published: USA, Lippincott, 1909 ★★ This is the first mystery by Carolyn Wells, the Florence Foster Jenkins of the detective story. In her day, she was one of America's best-selling mystery writers, and the teenage John Dickson Carr devoured her books. Posterity has generally been less kind. "The worst cock-and-bull story …