Bøker av Clyde B. Clason

Clyde B. Clason, creator of Professor Theocritus Lucius Westborough, has produced several books with unusual backgrounds for the ingenious murders the mild little professor solves. In GREEN SHIVER, the last case for the charming Professor, the author weaves an intricate tapestry of suspense and historical richness, expertly blending elements of Chinese culture with an ingenious mystery that keeps readers captivated until the final revelation.Originally published in 1941 and taking place in Los Angeles "Green Shiver" is a mesmerizing tale that showcases Clason's mastery in crafting gripping narratives that transport readers to a vividly realized world of intrigue and danger. Prepare to be enthralled by the exploits of Theocritus Lucius Westborough in this thrilling mystery. A jade statuette called the Green Shiver goes missing from the home of the collector, Mrs. Nicholas Vayne, and Professor Theocritus Lucius Westborough is engaged to find it. Then two persons are murdered, and Westborough has a real job on his hands.

In the tradition of Holmes and Poirot comes another erstwhile professor turned detective create by Clyde B. Clason. Here is a long, full-bodied, and modern mystery story, cleverly plotted, with excellent characters and genuine suspense. The final curtain will come as a surprise to all.All about the murder of the porcine Mr. Swink and the mystifying events that followed-and introducing Theocritus Lucius Westborough, genial and mild-mannered little history professor, with the instincts of a ferret and the brain of a Holmes. Swink's murder, in his room at the Hotel Equable, involved a varied group of people: a night clerk, an evil-tongued gossip, two traveling salesmen, a "hotel widow," a man who was anything but what he said he was, a commercial artist and his wife, and a hotel dick with a penchant for ripping up mattresses. With the police completely baffled, Theocritus gets together this cast of characters and stages a play whose main "props" consist of a hairpin, a cigarette lighter, a drunk's visit to the wrong room, a child's chemical set, a moving picture-Three Men and a Cobra-Detective Lieutenant Mack's aunt Harriet from Niles, Michigan, and a girl who married at noon and was killed at three o'clock in an automobile accident with another man.