Saul and Morris, worlds apart: A novel

Yaffe, James

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

When a rivalry between two college professors ends in murder, Colorado's chief investigator calls upon his street-wise New York mother to help him sort through suspects and solve the crime

A Nice Murder for Mom

Literature & Fiction

United States

St Martins Pr

Detective Dave and his crime-solving mother return to take on the religious establishment out West, as Mom traces the connection between a small-time preacher's murder, some shady real estate promoters, the High Episcopal Church, and assorted fanatics

Mom Meets Her Maker

St.Martin's Press

Staged murder becomes real in a Colorado production of "Macbeth," and Dave, chief investigator at the public defender's office, along with his mother, becomes involved

Mom Doth Murder Sleep

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

Mom Among the Liars

Detective Dave and his crime-solving mother return to take on the religious establishment out West, as Mom traces the connection between a small-time preacher's murder, some shady real estate promoters, the High Episcopal Church, and assorted fanatics

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Worldwide Library

Yaffe, James, Voyage of the Franz Joseph, The

Voyage of the Franz Joseph, the

Pocket

Book by James Yaffe, adapted from the novel Trapps by Friedrich DÃ1/4rrenmatt, Duerrenmatt, Friedrich, Yaffe, James

The Deadly Game.

James Yaffe, adapted from the novel Trapps by Friedrich DÃ1/4rrenmatt

Duerrenmatt, Friedrich

Dramas & Plays

Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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

Short Stories & Anthologies

Crippen & Landru Pub

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Saul and Morris, worlds apart: A novel

A Nice Murder for Mom

Mom Meets Her Maker

Mom Doth Murder Sleep

Mom Among the Liars

Mom Meets Her Maker

Voyage of the Franz Joseph, the

The Deadly Game.

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