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Dolores Hitchens

Born

in San Antonio, Texas, The United States

January 01, 1907

Died

January 01, 1973

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Julia Clara Catharine Dolores Birk Olsen Hitchens, better known as Dolores Hitchens, was an American mystery novelist who wrote prolifically from 1938 until her death. She also wrote under the pseudonyms D.B. Olsen, Dolan Birkley and Noel Burke.

Hitchens collaborated on five railroad mysteries with her second husband, Bert Hitchens, a railroad detective, and also branched out into other genres in her writing, including Western stories. Many of her mystery novels centered around a spinster character named Rachel Murdock.

Hitchens wrote Fool's Gold, the 1958 novel adapted by Jean-Luc Godard for his film Bande à part (Band of Outsiders, 1964). ...more

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Average rating: 3.61 · 2,545 ratings · 434 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Cat Saw Murder by Dolores Hitchens, Joyce Carol Oates (Introduction) 3.52 avg rating — 1,125 ratings — published 1939 — 18 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
	La gatta ha dato l'allarme by Dolores Hitchens, Chiara Rizzuto (translator) 3.45 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1942 — 15 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
	Fools' Gold 3.84 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1958 — 14 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
	Sleep With Slander 3.84 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1960 — 16 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
	Sleep with Strangers 3.82 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1955 — 13 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
	Cat's Claw by Dolores Hitchens, D.B. Olsen 3.38 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1943 — 8 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 Cat Wears a Noose (The Rachel Murdock Mysteries Book 5) 3.53 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1944 — 8 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
	La gatta ci ha messo lo zampino by Dolores Hitchens, Chiara Rizzuto (Translator) 3.58 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1943 — 6 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
	Stairway to an Empty Room 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1951 — 11 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 Watcher 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1961 — 12 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

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Rachel Murdock Mystery (7 books)
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“Murder must be like the rolling of a rock downhill; it gathers rubble and impetus as it goes.”
― Dolores Hitchens, Cat's Claw

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“She stopped, picked up the paper, stood there to read the headlines. But nothing seemed changed, or at least the paper made the current crises sound like all the old ones; the ferment of politics, the clash of minor foreign wars, the dismay over local crime seemed of a pattern she'd always known.”
― Dolores Hitchens, The Watcher

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“Who was it had said when you fall in love all the popular songs suddenly seemed to mean something.”
― Dolores Hitchens, The Watcher

tags: music

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