Created by M.V. Heberden Pseudonyms include Charles L. Leonard (1906-65) "There are very few moments when the truth is a good idea." — Rick Vanner Female author Mary Violet Heberden, hiding behind her initials, was one of the few women mentioned in mystery critic James Sandoe's oft-reprinted and anthologized personal checklist of favorite Hard-boiled Dicks. … Continue reading Rick Vanner
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Paul Kilgerrin
Created by Charles B. Leonard Pseudonym of Mary Violet Heberden (1906-65) Is he a spy, or is he an eye? A swarthy, gaunt-faced man with hawk-like features, raven-black hair, hooded eyes and precious little sense of humour, PAUL KILGERRIN worked in Military Intelligence in the First World War, but was seriously wounded. Almost fully recovered … Continue reading Paul Kilgerrin
Desmond Shannon
Created by M.V. Heberden Pseudonyms include Charles L. Leonard (1906-65) DESMOND SHANNON is supposedly the "highest paid private eye in New York City." He appears in a fast-paced, tough series of novels from the forties and fifties written, perhaps surprisingly for the time, by a woman: Mary Violet Heberden (although she initially kept her gender … Continue reading Desmond Shannon