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Molly Thynne

Born

in Kensington, London, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1881

Died

January 01, 1950

Genre

Crime

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Mary ‘Molly’ Thynne was born in 1881, a member of the aristocracy, and related, on her mother’s side, to the painter James McNeil Whistler. She grew up in Kensington and at a young age met literary figures like Rudyard Kipling and Henry James.

Her first novel, An Uncertain Glory, was published in 1914, but she did not turn to crime fiction until The Draycott Murder Mystery, the first of six golden age mysteries she wrote and published in as many years, between 1928 and 1933. The last three of these featured Dr. Constantine, chess master and amateur sleuth par excellence.

Molly Thynne never married. She enjoyed travelling abroad, but spent most of her life in the village of Bovey Tracey, Devon, where she was finally laid to rest in 1950.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 1,730 ratings · 240 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Draycott Murder Mystery really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 1928 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crime at the Noah’s Ark 3.74 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 1931 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of Sir Adam Braid 3.88 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1930 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murder on the Enriqueta 3.89 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1929 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in the Dentist's Chair 3.82 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1932 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Dies and Makes no Sign 3.99 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1933 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Cat Weekly #179 by John Gregory Betancourt (Editor), Michael Bracken (Goodreads Author), Nikki Knight it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Uncertain Glory it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drei Krimis Spezialband 1148 by Alfred Bekker, Molly Thynne, H. Bedford-Jones 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thriller Quartett 4186 by Jack Raymond, Basil Thomson, Molly Thynne 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She's never been an atom of good to that child since the day she she was born and, in her present mood, she'd cast a blight over a Bacchanalian orgy!”
― Molly Thynne, The Draycott Murder Mystery

tags: humour, motherhood

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“Arkwright’s guffaw so startled an old gentleman at the next table that he swallowed his soup the wrong way and spent the rest of the meal in endeavouring to wither the detective with a streaming and indignant eye.”
― Molly Thynne, Death in the Dentist's Chair

tags: humor

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“His speech was invariably limited to the smallest possible quantity of words, released grudgingly from his mouth as though each one was a very small mouse escaping from a capacious trap.”
― Molly Thynne, Death in the Dentist's Chair

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The Draycott Murder Mystery by Molly Thynne

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Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer

20 votes, 29.9%

Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert

11 votes, 16.4%

Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley

7 votes, 10.4%

The Case of the Dead Diplomat by Basil Thomson

7 votes, 10.4%

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