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Strahan, Kay Cleaver

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Kay Cleaver Strahan (1888-1941) was an American writer who lived in Portland, Oregon. She created "seasoned crime analyst" Lynn McDonald. Her book Footprints was a locked room mystery which won the Scotland Yark Prize for the best Detective Story of the Year.

Diane on Kay Cleaver Strahan

Desert Moon Mystery -- her first - wonderful voice of the ranch cook. I figured it out very early, but for 1927, it would have been quite ingenious. A fun and fascinating read.

Death Traps -- told through conversation between men -- really very different and funny in parts, liked it. The death traps are the 2 homes the suspects inhabit.

Hobgoblin Murder -- the first I read, and so far my favorite--didn't guess it, was flabbergasted, and engrossed all the way through. Story of 3 sisters living under the iron hand of one, virtual psychological prisoners within their own home. An unknown niece and her child arrive unannounced and unwelcome by the matriarch, and trouble ensues.

October House -- a house party-can't-leave story entirely enjoyable with a self described 'psychic' as the narrator.

I've just begun Footprints, and within the first few pages a brother confesses to his sister he killed their father 28 years before, but there seems to be a question of his sanity and misrememberng, so the crime analyst starts reading correspondence relating to the days before and after the murder to try to solve it. The assumption is a member of the family must have committed the murder as it had just snowed, and, no footprints.

Diane