A Nice Murder For Mom

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

James Yaffe

Mystery

Worldwide Library

Dave, a middle-aged, ex-New York City detective, calls on his seventy-five-year-old mother to help him find out if "murder will out" when one of the actors in the cast of a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth is found dead. Reprint.

Mom Doth Murder Sleep

Relying on his Mom's homespun wisdom and sharp logic to help him find solutions to his cases, Dave, an investigator for the public defender, attempts to unravel the murder of a local madam. Reprint.

Mom Among The Liars

Such a Mystery!  Mom never wanted her son Dave to become a policeman.  "For all the brains it takes, believe me, you might as well be in business with your uncles."  Besides, "All those gangsters and dope fiends and bookies and hatchet murderers and other such goniffs; isn't it possible you could get hurt some day?"  It's not difficult to solve crimes, Mom explains—and it's certainly not for her.  Dave and his very superior, Wellesley-educated wife, Shirley, have dinner with Mom in the Bronx every Friday evening.  Between the chicken soup and the schnecken, Dave talks about his current cases. Mom is not interested in what she describes as sophie-ological analysis and psycho-annihilating the suspects, but her long experience in dealing with scheming butchers, nosey neighbors, and eccentric relatives leads her to a logical solution to all Dave's mysteries. "By yourself, you should've guessed it," Mom says, but it takes Mom's insight into personality to unravel the crime.  Thirty years ago, Ellery Queen wrote that it was "sure as death and 'tectives" that a collection of Mom short stories would appear. Witty, wise, and filled with warmth, the Mom tales are some of the finest armchair detective stories ever written.

My Mother, the Detective: The Complete "Mom" Short Stories

Crippen & Landru, Publishers

Such a Mystery! Mom never wanted her son Dave to become a policeman. -- For all the brains it takes, believe me, you might as well be in business with your uncles. Besides, All those gangsters and dope fiends and bookies and hatchet murderers and other such goniffs; isn't it possible you could get hurt some day; It's not difficult to solve crimes, Mom explains and it's certainly not for her. Dave and his very superior, Wellesley-educated wife, Shirley, have dinner with Mom in the Bronx every Friday evening. Between the chicken soup and the schnecken, Dave talks about his current cases. Mom is not interested in what she describes as sophie-ological analysis and psycho-annihilating the suspects, but her long experience in dealing with scheming butchers, nosey neighbors, and eccentric relatives leads her to a logical solution to all Dave's mysteries. -- By yourself, you should've guessed it -- Mom says, but it takes Mom's insight into personality to unravel the crime. Witty, wise, and filled with warmth, the Mom tales are some of the finest armchair detective stories ever written. This new edition includes a previously uncollected "Mom" story.

My Mother, The Detective: Enlarged Edition