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Cortland Fitzsimmons

Born

in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

June 19, 1893

Died

July 25, 1949

Genre

Mystery

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Mystery writer and screenwriter Cortland Fitzsimmons was born on 19 June, 1893 in Richmond Hills, a middle class Long Island neighborhood located in the New York City borough of Queens. He was the only child of Mattie Greensword Fitzsimmons. By 1910 his mother was a widow and the two were living in Brooklyn with a boarder named Charles Williams. Interestingly, Williams was a book seller, the same profession Cortland would follow after college. Cortland received his higher education at New York University and City College. Before turning to writing full time in 1934, he had been a successful salesman for book distributor Baker and Taylor and the American News Co. and later sales manager for Viking Press.

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Cortland Fitzsimmons’s books

Average rating: 3.72 · 75 ratings · 13 reviews · 35 distinct works

	Delitto ai grandi magazzini (Ethel Thomas, Detective #1) by Cortland Fitzsimmons, Francesca Stignani (Translator) 3.31 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1936 — 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 Moving Finger (Ethel Thomas, Detective #2) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1937 — 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
	Mystery at the Hidden Harbor (Ethel Thomas, Detective #3) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1938 — 3 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 Evil Men Do (Ethel Thomas, Detective #4) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1942 — 3 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
	Sudden Silence: The Case of the Murdered Band Leader 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1939 — 3 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 Rings a Bell (Percy Peacock #1) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1942 — 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
	Tied for Murder (Percy Peacock #2) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1945 — 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
	The Manville Murders (Arthur Martinson #1) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1930 — 3 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
	Crimson Ice: A Hockey Mystery 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1935 — 3 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
	Crimson Ice 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