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The Dark Garden

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First edition (publ. Doubleday Doran)
Cover art by Walter Frame

The Dark Garden is a murder mystery novel written by Mignon G. Eberhart. It was published by Doubleday, Doran & Co. in 1935. It was rereleased as a mass market paperback at least twice, first in 1944 by Bestseller Mystery Books, and in 1966 by McFadden.[1][unreliable source]

Reception

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The New York Times gave The Dark Garden a positive review: "Of all the excellent mystery stories that Mignon G. Eberhart has to her credit this one seems to us to be by far the best."[2]

Rich Cypert's essay on queer coding in Eberhart's writings singles out the character of Clarence Siskinson as typical of the "harmless older gentlemen dandies" favored by the author.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Goodreads. Accessed 13 March 2018.
  2. ^ "New Mystery Stories". New York Times. 8 October 1933. p BR12. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index. Accessed 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ Cypert, Rick. "Foppish, Effeminate, or "a little too handsome": Coded Character Descriptions and Masculinity in the Mystery Novels of Mignon G. Eberhart." Murder in the Closet: Essays on Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall edited by Curtis Evans. McFarland & Company, 2017, p. 194.
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