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Charlotte Armstrong


(Charlotte Armstrong Lewi)
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aka Jo Valentine

Charlotte Armstrong Lewi was an American author. Under the names Charlotte Armstrong and Jo Valentine she wrote over 28 novels, as well as working for the New York Times advertising department, as a fashion reporter for Breath of the Avenue (a buyer's guide), and in an accounting firm.
 

Awards: Edgar (1957)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
MacDougal Duff
   1. Lay On, Mac Duff! (1942)
   2. The Case of the Weird Sisters (1943)
   3. The Innocent Flower (1945)
     aka Death Filled the Glass
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Novels
   The Unsuspected (1946)
   The Chocolate Cobweb (1948)
   Mischief (1950)
   The Black-Eyed Stranger (1951)
   Catch as Catch Can (1952)
     aka Walk Out on Death
   The Trouble in Thor (1953) (as by Jo Valentine)
     aka And Sometimes Death
   The Better to Eat You (1954)
     aka Murder's Nest
   The Dream Walker (1955)
     aka Alibi for Murder
   A Dram of Poison (1956)
   Incident At a Corner (1957)
   Mask of Evil (1958)
   The Girl with a Secret (1959)
   The Seventeen Widows of Sans Souci (1959)
   Something Blue (1959)
   Who's Been Sitting in My Chair? (1962)
   The One-Faced Girl (1963)
   A Little Less Than Kind (1963)
   The Mark of the Hand (1963)
   The Witch's House (1963)
   The Turret Room (1965)
   Dream of Fair Woman (1966)
   I See You (1966)
   The Gift Shop (1967)
   Lemon in the Basket (1967)
   The Balloon Man (1968)
   Seven Seats to the Moon (1969)
   The Protege (1970)
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Collections
   The Albatross (1957)
   Bite-Sized Offerings (2015) (with others)
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Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Charlotte Armstrong
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Fifty Best Mysteries (2004)
edited by
Eleanor Sullivan

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Awards
1957 Edgar Award for Best Novel : A Dram of Poison

Award nominations
1968 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Lemon in the Basket
1968 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Gift Shop
1967 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Splintered Monday
1966 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Case for Miss Peacock
1958 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : And Already Lost


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