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Dolores Hitchens

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Julia Clara Catharine Dolores Birk Olsen Hitchens wisely decided to pare down her real name when she began writing books; not surprisingly, she was able to make up several pseudonyms from it. She wrote a large number of lightweight mysteries, mostly in the cozy tradition, a few featuring the venerable sleuthing combination of a little old lady (Rachel Murdock) and her cat (Samantha).

But she also wrote a pair of hardboiled mysteries featuring a private eye named Jim Sader, books squarely in the Chandlerite tradition and comparable to other such books by Howard Browne and Leight Brackett. Sleep With Slander in particular is revered from critics ranging from Bill Pronzini to Kevin Burton Smith. Sader is an iconic Chandlerite hero: idealistic but sadly disillusioned, romantically hoping for the best from people but prepared for the worst.

Jim Sader Books
Sleep With Slander (1960)  Buy
Sleep With Strangers (1955)  Buy

Other Books
In A House Unknown (1973)  Buy
The Baxter Letters (1971)  Buy
A Collection Of Strangers (1969)
Postscript To Nightmare (1967)  Buy
aka Cabin Of Fear
The Man Who Cried All The Way Home (1966)
The Bank With The Bamboo Door (1965)
The Unloved (1965)
The Grudge (1963)  with Bert Hitchens
Night Of The Bowstring (1963)
The Abductor (1962)
Footsteps In The Night (1961)
The Man Who Followed Women (1959)  with Bert Hitchens
The Watcher (1959)
Fool's Gold (1958)
End Of The Line (1957)  with Bert Hitchens
Death Walks On Cat Feet (1956)
One-Way Ticket (1956)  with Bert Hitchens
F.O.B. Murder (1955)  with Bert Hitchens
Beat Back The Tide (1954)
aka The Fatal Flirt
Terror Lurks In Darkness (1953)
The Cat Walk (1953)
Nets To Catch The Wind (1952)
aka Windows Won't Wait
Enrollment Cancelled (1952)
aka Dead Babes In The Wood
Love Me In Death (1951)
Stairway To An Empty Room (1951)
The Cat And Capricorn (1951)
Something About Midnight (1950)
Death Wears Cat's Eyes (1950)
Devious Design (1948)
Cats Have Tall Shadows (1948)
Widows Ought To Weep (1947)
Gallows For The Groom (1947)
Cat's Don't Need Coffins (1946)
Cat's Don't Smile (1945)
Bring The Bride A Shroud (1945)
The Cat Wears A Noose (1944)
Catspaw For Murder (1943)
Cat's Claw (1943)
The Shivering Bough (1942)
The Alarm Of The Black Cat (1942)
The Blue Geranium (1941)
The Ticking Heart (1940)
Death Cuts A Silhouette (1939)
The Cat Saw Murder (1939)
The Clue In The Clay (1938)

Movies
Band Of Outsiders (1964)  Buy from Fool's Gold






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