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Elizabeth Daly

Born

in New York City, The United States

October 15, 1878

Died

September 02, 1967

Influences

Jane Austen

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Elizabeth Daly (1878-1967) was born in New York City and educated at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania and Columbia University. She was a reader in English at Bryn Mawr and tutored in English and French. She was awarded an Edgar in 1960. Her series character is Henry Gamadge, an antiquarian book dealer.

Daly works in the footsteps of Jane Austen, offering an extraordinarily clear picture of society in her time through the interactions of a few characters. In that tradition, if you knew a person's family history, general type, and a few personal quirks, you could be said to know everything worth knowing about that person. Today the emphasis is on baring the darkest depths of psycho- and socio-pathology; contemporary readers raised on this style ...more

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	Unexpected Night (Henry Gamadge, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 1,075 ratings — published 1940 — 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 House without the Door (Henry Gamadge #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 477 ratings — published 1942 — 23 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
	Murders in Volume 2 (Henry Gamadge Book 3) 4.01 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 1941 — 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
	Evidence of Things Seen (Henry Gamadge Book 6) (Volume 5) 4.06 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1943 — 31 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
	Arrow Pointing Nowhere (Henry Gamadge #7) 4.01 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 1944 — 32 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
	Deadly Nightshade (Henry Gamadge #2) 3.74 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 1940 — 25 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
	Nothing Can Rescue Me (Henry Gamadge #5) 3.89 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 1943 — 26 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 Book of the Dead (Henry Gamadge #8) 4.14 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1944 — 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
	Night Walk (Henry Gamadge #12) 3.96 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1947 — 41 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
	Somewhere in the House (Henry Gamadge #10) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1946 — 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

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“It takes experience to teach you what you can be satisfied with,”
― Elizabeth Daly, Deadly Nightshade

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“When police have theories, it's time to get a lawyer.”
― Elizabeth Daly, The House without the Door

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“I don’t have to remind you of the circumlocutions imposed on us by the pronoun.”
― Elizabeth Daly, Evidence of Things Seen (Henry Gamadge Book 6)

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