Lillian O'Donnell (1926–2005)

Author of A Wreath for the Bride

About the Author

Mystery novelist Lillian O'Donnell was born in 1926 in Trieste, Italy. She held a number of jobs in the theater before creating Gwenn Ramadge, a Manhattan P. I., and Nora Mulcahaney, a NYC homicide detective, both of whom have their own series. (Bowker Author Biography)

Includes the names: O'Donnell Lilian, O'Donnell Lillian, Lillian O' Donnell

Disambiguation Notice:

aka Lillian Udvardy O'Donnell

Series

Norah Mulcahaney

Gwenn Ramadge

Mici Anholt

Works by Lillian O'Donnell

Popular Recent

A Wreath for the Bride (1990) 59 copies, 1 review

Used to kill (1993) 56 copies, 1 review

Lockout (1994) 56 copies

A private crime (1991) 47 copies, 1 review

Pushover (1992) 46 copies

The raggedy man (1995) 43 copies

Ladykiller (1984) 39 copies, 1 review

Casual affairs (1985) — Author — 38 copies, 2 reviews

A Good Night to Kill (1989) 38 copies, 1 review

The Other Side of the Door (1988) 37 copies

No Business Being a Cop (1979) 32 copies

The Children's Zoo (1981) 31 copies

Cop Without a Shield (1983) 28 copies

The Goddess Affair (1996) 25 copies

The Phone Calls (1972) 21 copies

Falling Star (1979) 19 copies

The Baby Merchants (1975) 17 copies

Aftershock (1977) 15 copies, 1 review

Wicked Designs (1980) 15 copies

Blue Death (1998) 13 copies

Dial 577 R-A-P-E (1974) 13 copies

Leisure Dying (1976) 11 copies

Don't Wear Your Wedding Ring (1972) 6 copies

The Tachi Tree (1968) 5 copies

No Uses Anillo de Boda (1973) 3 copies

Viol à la une: A46029 (Super noire) (1975) 2 copies

Die letzte Nacht des Figaro (1991) 2 copies

No uses anillo de boda 2 copies

Mord mit Ohrenzeuge (1971) 2 copies

The face of the crime (1968) 2 copies

Drejebog for en morder (1971) 2 copies

Babes in the Woods (1965) 2 copies

Traficantes de niños 1 copy

No uses anillo de bodas 1 copy

Traficantes de niños 1 copy

El teléfono llama 1 copy

Disque 577 1 copy

Terror Under the Sun (1973) 1 copy

Lady Killer 1 copy

A coups de tube 1 copy

BUIO SULLA METROPOLI (giallo mondadori 1805) 1 copy

El teléfono llama 1 copy

Raggedy Man (1602) 1 copy

Disque 577 1 copy

Trabajo mortal 1 copy

Leisure Dying / Menaces, Menaces / My Life is Done (1976) 1 copy

The phone calls 1 copy

Death of a Player (1964) 1 copy

En god nat at slå ihjel (1991) 1 copy

Den sovende skønhed 1 copy

En skuespillers død 1 copy

The Sleeping Beauty Murders (1967) 1 copy

Sleeping Beauty (1973) 1 copy

Death Schuss (1963) 1 copy

Ce n'était pas du cinéma (1977) 1 copy

La notte giusta per uccidere 1 copy

Death on the Grass (1960) 1 copy

Trabajo mortal 1 copy

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Associated Works

Writing Mystery and Crime Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 9 copies, 1 review

The Case of the Irate Witness | The Phone Calls | A Shadow of Himself (1972) — Contributor — 9 copies

Aftershock | The Big Footprints | Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote (1978) 7 copies

Maigret and the Black Sheep | The Baby Merchants | High Stakes (1976) 5 copies

The Big Call | The Baby Merchants | A Three-Pipe Problem (1975) 4 copies

Aftershock | Lew Archer Private Investigator | Police Chief (1974) — Contributor — 4 copies

Wicked Designs | Burn This | Counsellor Heart (1980) 3 copies

Leisure Dying | Menaces, Menaces | My Life Is Done 2 copies

Brimstone | Wicked Designs | A Presence in an Empty Room (1980) 2 copies

Leisure Dying | Mortal Stakes | The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1976) 1 copy

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Main Associated

1989 (12) American literature - Detective novel (5) BCE (10) Bog Bibliotek (5) character: norah mulcahaney (8) crime and mystery (13) crime fiction (10) DBC (6) detective fiction (5) detective fiction-US (5) fiction (76) hardcover (7) HC (12) investigating (24) Krimi/Spænding. (5) Literatura estadounidense - Policial (5) mystery (146) New York (12) New York City (5) Norah Mulcahaney (38) novel (5) novela policial (5) out (7) PB (10) Peggy (14) police (5) police procedural (8) Police procedural - United States (9) series (4) women authors (8)

Common Knowledge

Canonical name: O'Donnell, Lillian
Legal name: O'Donnell, Lillian Udvardy
Birthdate: 1926-01-01
Date of death: 2005-04-02
Gender: female
Nationality: Italy
Birthplace: Trieste, Italy
Places of residence: Trieste, Italy
New York, New York, USA
Place of death: New York, New York, USA
Disambiguation notice: aka Lillian Udvardy O'Donnell
Associated Place (for map): New York, New York, USA

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Leischen 280 reviews

Aftershock by Lillian O'Donnell

Great idea for a detective that O'Donnell fails to execute. Mici Anholt is a member of a victim services group who is juggling 3 cases at one time. The main case is a murdered hairdresser. His pregnant wife is accused of killing him rather than being a crime victim. Anholt's method of detection is to suspect somebody, get proven wrong, get another suspect, get proven wrong, until only one suspect is left. Christie would have double backed several times and proven one of the vindicated show more suspects was the real killer-and you would nod and wonder how you didn't see it. I love O'Donnell's procedurals, but I'll pass on any further books in this series. show less

May 23, 2012

mahallett 2,712 reviews

Casual Affairs by Lillian O'Donnell

i thought this was really good until the last 50 pages. it just kept going. i did check the ending because i couldn't understand where we were going. why did everybody go to the same hospital???? the poor guy who wanted to say something and nobody would give him a piece of paper!

Apr 6, 20111 other review

ritaer 4,448 reviews

A Private Crime: A Lt. Norah Mulcahaney Mystery by Lillian O'Donnell