Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Great Tales of Murder | 1952 | Dolores Hitchens | Buy |
Dolores Hitchens’ anthology appearances include “20 Great Tales of Murder” (1952), a collection that gathered work from prominent mystery writers of the era. While Hitchens was primarily known for her novels, her short fiction demonstrated the same tight plotting and atmospheric writing that characterized her longer work.
The anthology format gave readers a chance to sample Hitchens’ style alongside other notable mystery authors of the Golden Age. Her contributions reflected the range she showed across her novels, from cozy domestic settings to harder-edged crime scenarios.