Carolyn Wells — Murder in the Bookshop with Rebecca Rego Barry

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A pioneer of the detective/mystery genre who began writing locked-room mystery novels a decade before Agatha Christie, Carolyn Wells was a turn-of-the-twentieth century celebrity who counted Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, and Mark Twain among her many famous friends and fans. Guest Rebecca Rego Barry, whose new book is The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations Into a Forgotten Mystery Author, joins us to discuss Wells and her 1936 detective novel, Murder in the Bookshop.
Discussed in this episode:
Arthur Conan Doyle (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle)
Anna Katharine Green (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Katharine_Green)
The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author (barnesandnoble.com/w/the-vanishing-of-carolyn-…) by Rebecca Rego Barry
Agatha Christie (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie)
Fine Books and Collections magazine (finebooksmagazine.com)
Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places (amazon.com/Rare-Books-Uncovered-Fantastic-Unli…) by Rebecca Rego Barry
From Page to Place: American Literary Tourism and the Afterlives of American Authors (barnesandnoble.com/w/from-page-to-place-jennif…)
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 114 On Elsie Robinson (lostladiesoflit.com/podcast/114-elsie-robinson…)
Walden (gutenberg.org/files/205/205-h/205-h.htm) by Henry David Thoreau
Murder in the Bookshop (amazon.com/Murder-Bookshop-Detective-Crime-Cla…) by Carolyn Wells
Vicky Van (gutenberg.org/ebooks/6159) by Carolyn Wells
The “Patty” books by Carolyn Wells (goodreads.com/series/79096-patty-fairfield)
CrimeReads.com (gutenberg.org/files/8386/8386-h/8386-h.htm)
Murder of the Unknown Woman (gutenberg.org/files/8386/8386-h/8386-h.htm)
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 112 on Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything (gutenberg.org/files/8386/8386-h/8386-h.htm)
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (gutenberg.org/files/8386/8386-h/8386-h.htm)
Ptomaine Street by Caroline Wells (gutenberg.org/files/8386/8386-h/8386-h.htm)
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