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Helen Nielsen


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Helen Nielsen was an author of mysteries and television scripts for such television dramas as "Perry Mason" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents".

She studied journalism, art and aeronautical drafting at various schools, including the Chicago Art Institute. Before her writing career, she worked as a draftsman during World War II and contributed to the designs of B-36 and P-80 aircraft. Her stories were often set in Laguna Beach and Oceanside, California where she lived for 60 years.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Simon Drake
   1. After Midnight (1966)
   2. The Darkest Hour (1969)
   3. The Severed Key (1973)
   4. The Brink of Murder (1976)
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Novels
   Gold Coast Nocturne (1951)
     aka Dead On The Level / Murder By Proxy
   The Kind Man (1951)
   Obit Delayed (1952)
   Detour (1953)
     aka Detour to Death
   The Woman On the Roof (1954)
   Stranger In The Dark (1955)
   Borrow the Night (1956)
     aka Seven Days Before Dying
   The Crime Is Murder (1956)
   False Witness (1959)
   The Fifth Caller (1959)
   Sing Me a Murder (1960)
   Verdict Suspended (1964)
   A Killer in the Street (1967)
   Shot On Location (1971)
   Dead on the Level (2012)
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Collections
   Woman Missing (1961)
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Books containing stories by Helen Nielsen
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Fifty Best Mysteries (2004)
edited by
Eleanor Sullivan
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Speaking of Greed (2001)
Stories of Envious Desire
(Seven Deadly Sins )
edited by
Lawrence Block

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