Books of the Week: Mignon Eberhart mid-20th Century Mystery Novels

Mignon G. Eberhart wrote mysteries from 1920s to the 1980s. The reason I like them is not so much for the mystery (they are passable…not fabulous) but rather for the snippet of time and place each one represents:

• Escape the Night - California in the 1940s during World War II
• Fair Warning - 1930s - the relationship of men and women after the roaring 20s and before World War II
• Family Affair - 1980s when US embassies are being overrun
• Five Passengers from Lisbon - 1940s right after the end of World War II on a hospital ship crossing the Atlantic between Lisbon and Buenos Aires
• Run Scared - political candidate potential impacted by his wife’s actions in the 1960s
• Wolf in Man's Clothing – young men going off to war in the early part of World War II in the 1940s

Most of these are out of print to they are to be found among the used books. I’ve provided links to Amazon. Escape the Night and Five Passengers from Lisbon can be obtained from the Internet Archive. They are also available from Paperback Swap.