The Battles of Jericho Style:Trade Softcover Lillie Langtry

Lillie Langtry

“ELLERY QUEEN IS THE AMERICAN DETECTIVE STORY” So wrote the great critic Anthony Boucher about the contributions of Ellery Queen to the mystery story

who used the pseudonym Ross Macdonald) but never collected in book form

so did Palmer

In the 1930's she began to write detective short stories

The Battles of Jericho Style:Trade Softcover Lillie LangtryHugh Pentecost, the pseudonym of Judson Philips (1903 1989), created one of the most memorable of fictional sleuths in the red bearded artist, John Jericho. The stories combine interesting settings, skillful puzzles, social concerns, and earnest melodrama. Jericho's paintings reflect his anger against social injustice and violence, and his search for Truth; and when the downtrodden, the unfairly accused, and (frequently) a damsel in distress seek his