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Mildred Davis


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Mildred Davis published her first novel, The Room Upstairs, in 1948. It was awarded an Edgar for best first novel of the year by the Mystery Writers of America. A rich novel with subtle strains of gothic horror and hard-boiled private eye, this book lifted her into the limelight as an author of promise.
 

Awards: Edgar (1949)
 
Novels
   The Room Upstairs (1948)
   They Buried A Man (1953)
   The Dark Place (1955)
   The Voice On the Telephone (1964)
   The Sound of Insects (1966)
   Strange Corner (1967)
   Walk Into Yesterday (1967)
     aka Nightmare of Murder
   The Third Half (1969)
   Three Minutes to Midnight (1971)
   The Invisible Boarder (1974)
   Tell Them What's-her-name Called (1975)
   Scorpion (1977)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Suicide Hour (1954)
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Books containing stories by Mildred Davis
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Black Cat Weekly #28 (2022)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 28)
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Black Cat Weekly #27 (2022)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 27)

Awards
1949 Edgar Award for Best First Novel : The Room Upstairs

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