Margaret Scherf Bibliography

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Title   Date Issue Points - Notes The Corpse Grows a Beard Partridge 1946 US: 1940 The Case of the Kippered Corpse Putnam 1941 No UK They Came to Kill Putnam 1942 No UK The Owl in the Cellar Nimmo 1947 US: 1945 Always Murder a Friend Low 1949 US: 1948 Murder Makes Me Nervous Low 1952 US: 1948 Gilbert's Last Toothache Doubleday 1949 No UK The Gun in Daniel Webster's Bust Doubleday 1949 No UK The Curious Custard Pie Doubleday 1950 No UK The Green Plaid Pants Doubleday 1951 No UK The Elk and the Evidence Doubleday 1952 No UK Dead Senate Office Building Doubleday 1953 No UK Glass on the Stairs Barker 1955 US: 1954 The Cautious Overshoes Doubleday 1956 No UK Judicial Body Doubleday 1957 No UK Never Turn Your Back Doubleday 1959 No UK Death and the Diplomat Hale 1964 US: Diplomat and the Gold Piano Corpse in the Flannel Nightgown Hale 1966 US: 1965 The Banker's Bones Hale 1969 US: 1968 The Beautiful Birthday Cake Doubleday 1971 No UK To Cache a Millionaire Doubleday 1972 No UK If You Want Murder Well Done Doubleday 1974 No UK Don't Wake Me Up While I'm Driving Hale 1978 US: 1977 The Beaded Banana Hale 1979 US: 1978 Further Information Margaret Scherf was born in West Virginia on 1 April 1908. Her series characters were; Emily and Henry Bryce, the Reverend Martin Buell, Lieutenant Ryan and Grace Severance. She also wrote a non-criminous novel, Wedding Train, and three children's books. The majority of her books were not published in England, those that were are preceded by the US edition. The bibliography is in order of original US publication date. Several of the titles were reissued in the States under alternative titles.

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