Herbert Resnicow

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Herbert Resnicow


Born
in Manhattan, The United States
May 28, 1921

Died
April 04, 1997

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Herbert Resnicow was a civil engineer, earning his degree at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, who made a drastic career move at the age of 60 – when his first detective novel, The Gold Solution (1983), landed him a nomination for an Edgar statuette in the category Best First Novel. Resnicow was unable to secure the coveted price, but the tone was set and he wrote a score of classically-styled whodunits in the succeeding decade, featuring the wise-cracking behemoths Alexander and Norma Gold or the entrepreneur Ed Bear and his philosopher son Warren, as well as outsourcing his talent to abet Edward I. Koch and Pelé with their literary aspirations.

In spite of these accolades, Herbert Resnicow has evanesced from popular view and virtually
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Average rating: 3.58 · 265 ratings · 54 reviews · 32 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Complete Mr and Mrs Gol...

4.31 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Gold Solution (Gold #1)

3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions
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The Gold Deadline (Gold #2)

3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions
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Dead Room

3.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions
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The Gold Gamble (Gold #5)

3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions
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Murder Across and Down

3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
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The Gold Frame (Gold #3)

3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions
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The Gold Curse (Gold #4)

3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions
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The Seventh Crossword

2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
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The Crossword Code

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3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1986
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