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Hugh Pentecost (1903–1989)

Author of Murder in High Places

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Works by Hugh Pentecost

Murder in High Places (1983) 58 copies
Murder In Luxury (1981) 49 copies
The Cannibal Who Overate (1962) 44 copies
With Intent To Kill (1982) 44 copies
Death After Breakfast (1978) 40 copies
Time of Terror (1974) 37 copies
The Fourteen Dilemma (1976) 32 copies
Remember to Kill Me (1964) 32 copies
Nightmare Time (1986) 30 copies
Random Killer (1979) 30 copies
Birthday, Deathday (1972) 28 copies
Bargain with Death (1974) 27 copies
The Deadly Joke (1971) 26 copies
Beware Young Lovers (1980) 26 copies
The Gilded Nightmare (1972) 25 copies
The Golden Trap (1967) 24 copies
The Evil That Men Do (1966) 23 copies
Girl Watcher's Funeral (1969) 21 copies
Walking Dead Man (1973) 19 copies
Murder Goes Round and Round (1988) 18 copies
Murder Round the Clock (1985) 18 copies
The Homicidal Horse (1979) 17 copies
The Shape of Fear (1964) 16 copies
Shadow of Madness (1950) 15 copies
Cream of the Crime (1962) — Editor — 13 copies
Cancelled in Red (1939) 12 copies
Death by Fire (1986) 12 copies
Murder Out of Wedlock (1983) 12 copies
The Obituary Club (1960) 12 copies
Murder as Usual (1977) 11 copies
Murder Sweet and Sour (1965) 10 copies
The Party Killer (1985) 10 copies
The Girl with Six Fingers (1969) 10 copies
Dead Woman of the Year (1968) 10 copies
The Sniper (1965) 9 copies
The Laughter Trap (1973) 9 copies
Kill and Kill Again (1987) 9 copies
Substitute Victim (1984) 9 copies
Hot Summer Killing (1968) 8 copies
Murder Clear Track Fast (1962) 8 copies
I'll Sing at Your Funeral (1942) 8 copies
Die after Dark (1976) 8 copies
The Death Mask (1980) 8 copies
Whisper Town (1964) 8 copies
The Champagne Killer (1972) 8 copies
Hide Her from Every Eye (1974) 8 copies
The 24th Horse (1940) 7 copies
Pattern for Terror (1990) 7 copies
Sow Death, Reap Death (1981) 7 copies
Deadly Trap (1978) 6 copies
The Judas Freak (1974) 6 copies
Thursday's Folly (1967) 6 copies
Where the Snow Was Red (1946) 6 copies
A dead ending. (1962) 6 copies
Past, Present & Murder (1982) 6 copies
The Beautiful Dead (1973) 5 copies
The Battles of Jericho (2008) 5 copies
Death is a Dirty Trick (1980) 5 copies
The tarnished angel (1963) 5 copies
Target for Tragedy (1982) 5 copies
Death Delivers a Postcard (1941) 5 copies
Honeymoon with Death (1975) 5 copies
The Power Killers (1975) 4 copies
Wings of Madness (1977) 4 copies
The Larkspur Conspiracy (1985) 4 copies
Nightmare at Dawn (1970) 4 copies
Don't Drop Dead Tomorrow (1971) 4 copies
Only the rich die young (1964) 4 copies
The Kingdom of Death (1961) 3 copies
Why Murder? (1980) 3 copies
The Creeping Hours (1974) 3 copies
The Vanishing Senator (1972) 3 copies
Cat and Mouse (1944) 3 copies
The Twisted People (1973) 3 copies
Murder in Marble (1944) 3 copies
Memory of Murder (1947) 3 copies
Five Roads to Death (1977) 3 copies
Backlash (1976) 3 copies
Murder Arranged (1979) 2 copies
The Hawk 2 copies
Chinese Nightmare (1947) 2 copies
Choice of violence (1961) 2 copies
Week-End To Kill and Secret Corridors (2008) — Author — 2 copies
Fifth Mystery Book (1944) 2 copies
The Price of Silence (1984) 2 copies
The Steel Palace (1900) 2 copies
Døden i tusmørke (1977) 2 copies
The lonely target, (1959) 2 copies
Red War (1936) (1936) 2 copies
Moord achter de coulissen (1959) 2 copies
Ohnivý kříž 2 copies
Escape a Killer (1972) 2 copies
The deadly friend (1962) 2 copies
Vandals Inc. 1 copy
Da Døden Lo (1993) 1 copy
Die Macht von morgen. (1982) 1 copy
The Fourteenth Trump (1942) 1 copy
A Murder Arranged (1978) 1 copy
Walk a Crooked Mile (1975) 1 copy
Kuuman kesän murhat (1970) 1 copy
En nat i august (1974) 1 copy
En Judas i vor midte (1975) 1 copy
Det forkerte lig (1971) 1 copy
Le tout pour le tout (1962) 1 copy
Remember to Kill Me (1985) 1 copy
Horse Opera 1 copy

Associated Works

Police Procedurals (1985) — Contributor — 91 copies
Fifty Best Mysteries (1991) — Contributor — 73 copies
Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels (1987) — Contributor — 59 copies
Some Things Strange and Sinister (1972) — Contributor — 50 copies
Manhattan Mysteries (1987) — Contributor — 28 copies
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries (2019) — Contributor; Contributor — 24 copies
Murder at the Races (1995) — Contributor — 20 copies
Ellery Queen's Mystery Mix (1962) — Contributor — 19 copies
Lethal Black Book (1965) — Contributor — 18 copies
Masterpieces of Mystery: More from the Sixties (1979) — Contributor — 16 copies
To Be Read Before Midnight (1963) 15 copies
The Queen's Awards: Sixth Series (1953) — Contributor — 15 copies
Maiden Murders (1952) — Contributor — 11 copies
Murder for the Millions (1946) — Contributor — 7 copies
20 Great Tales of Murder (1951) — Contributor — 6 copies
Murder By Proxy | A Murder Arranged | Counterstroke (1978) — Contributor — 6 copies
Birdcage, Flyaway, Random Killer (1979) — Contributor — 5 copies
Summer of the Dragon | Why Murder? | Live Bait (1980) — Contributor — 4 copies
Trouble for Tallon, Fall From Grace, Murder in Luxury (1981) — Contributor — 4 copies
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 1976/10 (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies
Nightmare Time | Gideon's Way | Lion in the Valley (1986) — Contributor — 3 copies
Nye detektivhistorier fra hele verden — Author, some editions — 2 copies
A Magnum of Mysteries (1963) — Contributor — 2 copies
Argosy, December 3, 1938 (1938) — Contributor — 2 copies
Argosy, December 10, 1938 (1938) — Contributor — 2 copies
Argosy, Volume 285 Number 1, October 1, 1938 (1938) — Contributor — 2 copies
15 Short Surprise Stories (1944) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Fourth Plague / Backlash / Pattern of Murder (1989) — Contributor — 1 copy
Banker | Murder in High Places | The Terrible Tide (1983) — Contributor — 1 copy
Backlash, Where Helen Lies, The Kingsford Mark (1976) — Contributor — 1 copy

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El Ángel de New Maverick
Diana solitaria
El asesino del campaña
¿Quién ha visto a Jeremy Trail?
El caníbal de comió demasiado
 
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jjuancho | Aug 24, 2023 |
Chambrun's hotel is smashed up and murders all over it. His political friend may be the target, or the perpetrator? I thought I knew who the killer was up to the last page, but I don't think the author played fair this time. Seems like he pulled the killer out of nowhere with no clues.

As always, I do enjoy the hotel setting and Chambrun himself.
 
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MrsLee | 1 other review | Mar 23, 2023 |
The Beaumont is overrun by the CIA, FBI, and Chinese diplomats and their security. All trying to prevent the murder of a monster. This was not so much a mystery of solving the crime, as it was how the crime was going to be committed. I liked it, but the political details were hard to read, involving torture, gang rape, etc.
 
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MrsLee | Feb 12, 2023 |
Good story. Greek pirate/financier/philanthropist who is Chambrun's friend, dies in the hotel. This involves the world of high fashion in the late 1960s to early 1970s. Very hip and mod, if not very emancipated.
 
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MrsLee | 1 other review | Feb 12, 2023 |

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