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Lee Thayer

Emma Redington Thayer (pseudonym, Lee Thayer; Troy, Pennsylvania April 5, 1874 - San Diego, California November 18, 1973) was an American artist and writer of mystery novels.

Biography[edit]

Emma Redington Lee was born April 5, 1874. She studied at Cooper Union and Pratt Institute. Her husband was Harry Thayer, an artist.^[1][2][3]

Thayer wrote 60 ^[2] mystery novels about well-mannered private investigator Peter Clancy and his valet, Wiggar. She wrote her first novel, The Mystery of the Thirteenth Floor in 1919.^[1] Her last novel, Dusty Death, was published in 1966,^[2] when she was 92.

Thayer and her husband opened a publisher's art service, which specialized in book jacket art work.^[1]

On May 11, 1958, Thayer was a contestant on What's My Line?

Bibliography[edit]

• The Mystery of the Thirteenth Floor. 1919.
• The Unlatched Door. 1920.
• That Affair at the Cedars. 1921.
• Q.E.D.. 1922.
• The Sinister Mark. 1923.
• The Key. 1924.
• Doctor S.O.S.. 1925.
• Poison. 1926.
• Alias Dr. Ely. 1927.
• The Darkest Spot. 1928.
• They Tell No Tales. 1930.
• The Last Shot. 1931.
• Set a Thief. 1931.
• The Glass Knife. 1932.
• The Scrimshaw Millions. 1932.
• Hell-Gate Tides. 1933.
• Counterfeit. 1933.
• Second Bullet. 1934.
• Dead Storage. 1934.
• Sudden Death. 1935.
• Dead End Street. 1935.
• Dark of the Moon. 1936.

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External links[edit]

• Lee Thayer Bibliography

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