3 Books by Dorothy Cameron Disney
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Overview: Dorothy Cameron Disney (1903-1992) was an American writer. She worked as a stenographer, copy writer, journalist and night club hostess before becoming a full time writer. Completing nine mystery novels, they are scandalously neglected today. In later life, she was best known as a newspaper marriage adviser.
Her first two mystery novels are exercises in pure mystery plotting. These are Death in the Back Seat (1936) and Strawstack (1939). These books have very ingeniously constructed, complex plots. They are the Disney books closest to the Golden Age tradition. The Strawstack Murders is particularly impressive, and is Disney’s masterpiece, considered as a puzzle plot mystery.
The Balcony (1940) looks at the American Old South, including its dismal heritage of slavery. This is a much more profound target than Hollywood misbehavior, and is a remarkably forward looking work for its era. The story also returns to Disney’s skilled approach to puzzle plot construction. The puzzle plotting does not achieve the heights of Disney’s first two novels, but it is still most satisfying and well crafted. The Balcony is one of Disney’s most important books, one in which intelligent social commentary and skilled mystery construction are fused.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
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