Charlotte Armstrong (1905–1969)
Autore di A Dram of Poison
Sull'Autore
Serie
Opere di Charlotte Armstrong
The Enemy [short story] 1 copia
Dois vultos na janela (Seleções) 1 copia
Hvem er bange for ulven 1 copia
two short novels of suspense 1 copia
Univaeltaja 1 copia
Svartögd främling 1 copia
Claude Chabrol: Süßes Gift 1 copia
And Already Lost... 1 copia
THE ALBATROSS AND OTHER STORIES 1 copia
VENENO! 1 copia
Opere correlate
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense (2013) — Collaboratore — 172 copie
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 7: Magical Wishes (1891) — Collaboratore — 91 copie
Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s and 1950s (2015) — Collaboratore; Collaboratore — 59 copie
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — Collaboratore — 52 copie
Thou Shalt Not Kill: Father Brown, Father Dowling and Other Ecclesiastical Sleuths (1865) — Collaboratore — 46 copie
Het Beste Boek 68: De wilde gans / Kamer 807 / De Camerons / Zijner majesteits U-boot — Autore — 3 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Run Silent, Run Deep / The Dollmaker / Crusader's Tomb / Hunter / Mischief (1955) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Lay On, MacDuff! / Man of Brittany / H as in Hunted / Death Rides a Sorrel Horse — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Lewi, Charlotte Armstrong
- Altri nomi
- Valentine, Jo (pen name)
- Data di nascita
- 1905-05-02
- Data di morte
- 1969-07-18
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Vulcan, Michigan, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Glendale, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Vulcan, Michigan, USA
New York, New York, USA
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Glendale, California, USA - Istruzione
- Barnard College (BA|1925)
University of Wisconsin
Vulcan High School - Attività lavorative
- playwright
poet
novelist
mystery writer - Breve biografia
- Charlotte Armstrong Lewi was an American author. Under the names Charlotte Armstrong and Jo Valentine, she wrote more than 28 novels. She also worked for The New York Times advertising department, and as a fashion reporter for Breath of the Avenue (a buyer's guide), and in an accounting firm. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1925. She had a daughter and two sons with her husband, Jack Lewi.
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Edgar Award (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 66
- Opere correlate
- 43
- Utenti
- 1,878
- Popolarità
- #13,711
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 36
- ISBN
- 189
- Lingue
- 7
- Preferito da
- 3
Review of the Mysterious Press/Open Road Kindle eBook edition (2012) of the Amereon Ltd. hardcover original (1965)
This was quite an unorthodox book in the crime/mystery genre for several reasons. The culprit(s) are revealed quite early, but everyone is oblivious as to how twisted they are, except for the heroine investigator Edie. Edie takes it upon herself to not only shield the main suspect, but to also solve the crime of an attempted murder in the mansion of her relatives the Whitmans. The title room only comes into it because that is where she is hiding the suspect. The police are at first reluctant to believe her explanations, but finally the craziness will out and all is revealed.
See cover image at https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/...
The front cover of the original 1965 Amereon Ltd. hardcover edition. Image sourced from Goodreads.
I was perhaps not as taken with The Turret Room as my GR friend Sportyrod, so I encourage you to read his 5-star review.
I discovered The Turret Room by Charlotte Armstrong from reading Christopher Fowler's excellent The Book of Forgotten Authors (2017) which I recently reviewed and rated as Five Stars. Charlotte Armstrong is the 2nd of the "Forgotten Authors" that I have investigated after first reading books by Gladys Mitchell.
Fowler describes Armstrong's style as follows:
Trivia and Links
The Turret Room was not adapted for film, but several other Charlotte Armstrong books were. She also wrote for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television program.
Fowler cites her book Mischief (1951) which was adapted as the 1952 film Don't Bother to Knock directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe. Two French movies by director Claude Chabrol were based on books by Armstrong. These were Merci pour le Chocolat (2000), based on The Chocolate Cobweb (1948)) and La Rupture (1970) based on The Balloon Man (1968).
Fowler also recommends Armstrong's Night Call and Other Stories of Suspense for both the title story and The Other Shoe.… (altro)