Charles O'Brien

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Charles O'Brien


Born
in The United States
January 01, 1927

Website

Genre
Historical Fiction, Mystery


Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

The Columbia University educated historian embarked on his mystery writing career in 1988, six years before he retired from the WIU history department. O'Brien's wife Elvy, an art historian, had moved to Williamstown, VA, after accepting a position with the J. Paul Getty Trust, then at the Clark Art Institute. That began a series of long commutes for O'Brien.

"I wanted to make use of time on board (trains and planes) and in airports. Many of my fellow passengers were reading crime novels. I thought why not exploit my fund of historical settings and write a historical mystery," O'Brien explained. "The idea of 'Mute Witn ...more

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Average rating: 3.32 · 413 ratings · 67 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors
Death of a Robber Baron
3.12 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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Death in Saratoga Springs
3.17 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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Death at Tammany Hall
3.38 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Mute Witness (Anne Cartier,...
3.38 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions
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Black Gold (Anne Cartier, #2)
3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions
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Houses: An Architectural Guide
3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions
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Deadly Quarrel (Anne Cartie...
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London 5: East
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Assassins' Rage (Anne Carti...
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Cruel Choices (Anne Cartier...
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Series by Charles O'Brien

Death of a Robber Baron Death in Saratoga Springs Death at Tammany Hall
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Mute Witness Black Gold Noble Blood Lethal Beauty Fatal Carnival Cruel Choices Assassins' Rage
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