Charlotte Armstrong (1905–1969)
Author of A Dram of Poison
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Works by Charlotte Armstrong
And Already Lost... 1 copy
Svartögd främling 1 copy
VENENO! 1 copy
Hvem er bange for ulven 1 copy
two short novels of suspense 1 copy
Univaeltaja 1 copy
Hitchcock esittää 1 copy
The Enemy [short story] 1 copy
Claude Chabrol: Süßes Gift 1 copy
The Dream Maker 1 copy
Associated Works
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense (2013) — Contributor — 173 copies
Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s and 1950s (2015) — Contributor; Contributor — 62 copies
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — Contributor — 52 copies
Thou Shalt Not Kill: Father Brown, Father Dowling and Other Ecclesiastical Sleuths (1865) — Contributor — 47 copies
Het Beste Boek 68: De wilde gans / Kamer 807 / De Camerons / Zijner majesteits U-boot — Author — 3 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Run Silent, Run Deep / The Dollmaker / Crusader's Tomb / Hunter / Mischief (1955) — Contributor — 2 copies
Lay On, MacDuff! / Man of Brittany / H as in Hunted / Death Rides a Sorrel Horse — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Lewi, Charlotte Armstrong
- Other names
- Valentine, Jo (pen name)
- Birthdate
- 1905-05-02
- Date of death
- 1969-07-18
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Vulcan, Michigan, USA
- Place of death
- Glendale, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Vulcan, Michigan, USA
New York, New York, USA
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Glendale, California, USA - Education
- Barnard College (BA|1925)
University of Wisconsin
Vulcan High School - Occupations
- playwright
poet
novelist
mystery writer - Short biography
- 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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- Works
- 68
- Also by
- 43
- Members
- 1,890
- Popularity
- #13,604
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 189
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
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Part of what impresses so much about this tension is that it is pulled off with a minimum of on-page violence or grotesquery. Much of Armstrong's work leans into lengthy and engaging dialogues and descriptions of facial expressions except for one knock-down prize fight in the latter half. We are so keyed into the potential “state of things” on the various fronts of the characters that the degree of suspense the novel pulls off is practically stomach-wrenching at times. Filmed as Don’t Bother to Knock with Marilyn Monroe, Mischief has aged remarkably well.
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