{"product_id":"9781616463038","title":"Tall Man Walking \/ The Attic Room","description":"During the Golden Age of detective fiction Marian Gallagher Scott (1892-1943) wrote scores of pulp crime stories and five well-received detective novels. Leaving her job as a typist in Topeka, Kansas, Scott took up acting as a circuit Chautauqua performer, appearing with her husband, Earl, on stages across small-town America. In the late 1920s the couple retired from acting and turned to crime fiction as their occupation. With the flair of a natural entertainer Marian Scott in her mystery novels offers readers exciting stories with interesting characters and intriguing puzzles.\u003cp\u003eMurder mars a small-town New England wedding in the highly-praised Tall Man Walking (1936). Sophisticated psychiatrist Kenneth Borden investigates as the bodies pile up and a lack of material clues stymies the police.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA peddler's murder upsets the peaceful environs of Alder Valley, as shameful secrets come to light in The Attic Room (1942). (A Courtney Brade mystery.)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coachwhip Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031560732912,"sku":"9781616463038","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616463038_p0.jpg?v=1769904421","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616463038","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}