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Dorothy Daniels was mainly a author of gothic romances. She wrote a few contemporaries and some historicals. She also wrote under the AKA's of Danielle Dorsett, Angela Gray, Cynthia Kavanaugh, Helaine Ross, Suzanne Somers, Geraldine Thayer and Helen Gray Weston.
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Affair in Hong Kong 1969  
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According to a mini-biography, accompanied by a photograph, on the rear cover of one of her many gothic novels, Dorothy Daniels was born in Connecticut but by the time she was a full-time writer, in the middle 1960's, was living in California. She was initlally an English teacher at a state college but later wrote articles that appeared in national magazines, which led to her career as a writer of mostly gothic paperbacks. Lancer books, which published more than twenty of her novels, proclaimed her "America's Most Popular Gothic Novelist" while Pocket Books claimed her gothic novels had sold over eleven million copies by the middle 1970's. Her approximately 146 novels were published by a dozen paperback publishers, some had as many as four printings while others were printed only once. Lancer and Warner Books together published more than sixty of her novels. The vast majority of her novels were written in the first person and this was a trademark of sorts with Dorothy Daniels, as she rarely strayed from this pattern. Several of her novels take place in the Old South. Her novels were also considerably more involving plot-wise and contained more character development than other gothic novels. She published her last gothic novel, "House of Silence", in late 1980. Afterward she wrote a handfull of historical romances and her last published novel appears to be "Crisis at Valcour" in 1985.
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Affair in Marakesh 1968  
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The Apollo Fountain 1974  
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The aforementioned photograph on the rear cover of her 1965 book "Cliffside Castle" contradicts some claims that Dorothy Daniels was male, and at least one internet website's author insists that Dorothy Daniels was actually a man named Paul Hugo Little who lived in Chigago and wrote over 700 books under at least a dozen pseudonyms. We may never know for certain who Dorothy Daniels was. Several of her gothic paperbacks, credited to Dorothy Daniels or Suzanne Somers, were copyrighted by Norman Daniels. She published one novel, "House of False Faces", under the pseudonym Helen Gray Weston, but this book was later reissued as "Dorothy Daniels writing as Helen Gray Weston". She wrote three nurse romance books in addition to her many gothic novels.
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The Attic Rope 1970  
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The Beaumont Tradition 1971  
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==See Also==
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The Bell 1971  
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* [[Daniella Dorsett]]
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Blackthorn 1975  
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* [[Angela Gray]]
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Blue Devil Suite 1968  
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* [[Cynthia Kavanaugh]]
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Bridal Black 1980  
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* [[Helaine Ross]]
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The Caldwell Shadow 1973  
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* [[Suzanne Somers]]
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Candle in the Sun 1968  
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* [[Geraldine Thayer]]
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The Carson Inheritance 1969  
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Castle Morvant 1972  
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==Books==
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Child of Darkness 1974  
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* "[[Affair In Hong Kong ]]" - 1969 [[Pyramid]]
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Circle of Guilt Aug-1976  
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* "[[Affair In Marakesh ]]" -  1968 [[Pyramid]]
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Cliffside Castle 1965  
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* "[[The Apollo Fountain ]]" - 1974 [[Warner]]
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Conover's Folly 1972  
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* "[[The Attic Rope ]]" - 1970 [[Lancer]]
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The Cormac Legend 1979  
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* "[[The Beaumont Tradition ]]" - 1971 [[Paperback Library]]
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Country Nurse 1963
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* "[[The Bell ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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Crisis at Valcour May-1985  
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* "[[Blackthorn ]]" -  1975 [[Pocket]]
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Cruise Ship Nurse 1963  
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* "[[Blue Devil Suite ]]" - 1968 [[Unibook]]
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The Curse of Mallory Hall GO 1970  
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* "[[Bridal Black ]]" - 1980 [[Signet]]
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Dance in Darkness GO 1965  
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* "[[The Caldwell Shadow ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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Danger Mansion GO 1966  
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* "[[Candle In The Sun ]]" - 1968 [[Lancer]]
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Dark Heritage GO 1976  
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* "[[The Carson Inheritance ]]" - 1969 [[Paperback Library]]
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Dark Island GO 1972  
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* "[[Castle Morvant ]]" - 1972 [[Paperback Library]]
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The Dark Stage GO 1970  
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* "[[Child Of Darkness ]]" - 1974 [[Pocket]]
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Dark Villa GO 1966
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* "[[Circle Of Guilt ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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Darkhaven  
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* "[[Cliffside Castle ]]" - 1965 [[Lancer]]
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GO
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* "[[Conover's Folly ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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1965  
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* "[[The Cormac Legend ]]" - 1979 [[Signet]]
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Diablo Manor  
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* "[[Crisis at Valcour ]]" - 1985 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[Cruise Ship Nurse ]]" - 1963 [[Paperback Library]]
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1971  
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* "[[The Curse of Mallory Hall ]]" - 1970 [[Fawcett]]
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Duet  
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* "[[Dance In Darkness ]]" - 1965 [[Lancer]]
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GO
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* "[[Danger Mansion / Nurse at Danger Mansion]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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1968  
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* "[[Dark Heritage - Dorothy Daniels|Dark Heritage]]" - 1976 [[Signet]]
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The Duncan Dynasty  
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* "[[Dark Island ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[Dark Villa ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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1973  
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* "[[The Dark Stage ]]" - 1970 [[Paperback Library]]
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The Eagle's Nest  
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* "[[Darkhaven ]]" - 1965 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[Diablo Manor ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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1968  
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* "[[Duet - Dorothy Daniels|Duet]]" - 1968 [[Lancer]]
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Emerald Hill  
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* "[[The Duncan Dynasty ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[The Eagle's Nest ]]" - 1968 [[Lancer]]
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1970  
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* "[[Emerald Hill ]]" - 1970 [[Warner]]
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The Exorcism of Jenny Slade  
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* "[[The Exorcism Of Jenny Slade ]]" - 1974 [[Pocket]]
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GO
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* "[[For Love and Valcour ]]" - 1983 [[Warner]]
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1974  
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* "[[Ghost Song ]]" - 1974 [[Pocket]]
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For Love and Valcour  
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* "[[The Guardian Of Willow House ]]" - 1975 [[Pocket]]
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HR
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* "[[Hermitage Hill ]]" - 1978 [[Signet]]
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Jan-1983  
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* "[[Hills Of Fire ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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Ghost Song  
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* "[[House Of False Faces ]]" - 1967 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[House Of Silence ]]" - 1980 [[Signet]]
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1974  
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* "[[House of Stolen Memories / Mansion of Lost Memories ]]" - 1967 [[Lancer]]
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The Guardian of Willow House  
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* "[[House Of The Seven Courts ]]" - 1967 [[Lancer]]
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GO
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* "[[The House Of Broken Dolls ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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1975  
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* "[[The House Of Many Doors ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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Hermitage Hill  
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* "[[The House On Circus Hill ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[Illusion At Haven's Edge ]]" - 1975 [[Pocket]]
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1978  
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* "[[Image Of A Ghost ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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Hills of Fire  
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* "[[In the Shadows]]" - 1978 [[Signet]]
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GO
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* "[[Island Nurse - Dorothy Daniels|Island Nurse]]" - 1964 [[Paperback Library]]
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1973  
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* "[[Island of Bitter Memories ]]" - 1974 [[Warner]]
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The House of Broken Dolls
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* "[[Island Of Evil - Dorothy Daniels|Island Of Evil]]" - 1970 [[Paperback Library]]
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GO
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* "[[Jade Green ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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1972
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* "[[Jennifer James, R.N. ]]" - 1962 [[Gold Medal]]
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The House of Many Doors
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* "[[Journey Into Terror ]]" - 1971 [[Pyramid]]
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GO
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* "[[Juniper Hill ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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1971
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* "[[Knight In Red Armor ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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House of the Seven Courts
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* "[[Lady Of The Shadows ]]" - 1968 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[The Lanier Riddle ]]" - 1972 [[Paperback Library]]
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1967  
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* "[[Larrabee Heiress ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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House of Silence  
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* "[[The Last of the Mansions / Survivors of Darkness ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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GO
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* "[[The Leland Legacy ]]" - 1965 [[Pyramid]]
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1980  
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* "[[The Lily Pond ]]" - 1965 [[Warner]]
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House of Stolen Memories / Mansion of Lost Memories  
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* "[[The Lonely Place ]]" - 1978 [[Signet]]
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GO
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* "[[The Magic Ring ]]" - 1978 [[Warner]]
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1967
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* "[[The Man from Yesterday ]]" - 1970 [[Warner]]
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The House on Circus Hill  
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* "[[The Marble Hills ]]" -  1975 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[The Marble Leaf ]]" - 1966 [[Magnum]]
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1972  
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* "[[The Marble Angel ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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House of False Faces
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* "[[Marriott Hall ]]" - 1872 [[Paperback Library]]
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GO
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* "[[The Maya Temple ]]" - 1979 [[Paperback Library]]
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* "[[Midday Moon ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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Illusion at Haven's Edge  
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* "[[A Mirror of Shadows ]]" - 1977 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[The Mistress of Falcon Hill ]]" - 1965 [[Pyramid]]
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1975  
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* "[[Monte Carlo ]]" - 1981 [[Leisure]]
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Image of a Ghost  
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* "[[Mostly By Moonlight ]]" - 1968 [[Lancer]]
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GO
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* "[[Mystic Manor ]]" - [[Paperback Library]]
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1973  
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* "[[Nicola ]]" - 1980 [[Leisure]]
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In the Shadows  
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* "[[Night Shade ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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GO
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* "[[Night Shadow - Dorothy Daniels|Night Shadow]]" - 1979 [[Signet]]
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1978
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* "[[Nightfall ]]" - 1977 [[Pocket]]
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Island of Bitter Memories  
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* "[[Perrine ]]" - 1978 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[Poison Flower ]]" - 1977 [[Pocket]]
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1974  
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* "[[Portrait Of A Witch ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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Island of Evil  
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* "[[The Possessed ]]" - 1975 [[Pocket]]
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GO
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* "[[The Possession Of Tracy Corbin ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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1970  
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* "[[The Prisoner Of Malville Hall ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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Island Nurse
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* "[[The Purple And The Gold ]]" - 1980 [[Signet]]
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GO
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* "[[The Raging Waters ]]" - 1970 [[Pyramid]]
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1964
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* "[[Raxl, Voodoo Priestess]]" - 1970 [[Paperback Library]]
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Jade Green  
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* "[[Saratoga]]" - 1981 [[Leisure]]
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GO
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* "[[Screen Test for Laurel ]]" - 1967 [[Avon]]
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1973  
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* "[[The Sevier Secrets ]]" - 1967 [[Lancer]]
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Jennifer James, R.N.  
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* "[[Shadow Glen ]]" - 1965 [[Popular]]
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CR
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* "[[Shadow Of A Man ]]" - 1975 [[Warner]]
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1962  
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* "[[Shadows From The Past ]]" - 1972 [[Warner]]
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Journey Into Terror  
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* "[[Shadows Of Tomorrow ]]" - 1971 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[The Silent Halls Of Ashenden ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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1971  
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* "[[The Sisters Of Valcour ]]" - 1981 [[Warner]]
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Juniper Hill  
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* "[[The Spanish Chapel ]]" - 1972 [[Belmont]]
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GO
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* "[[The Stone House ]]" - 1973 [[Warner]]
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1976  
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* "[[Strange Paradise]]" - 1969 [[Paperback Library]]
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Knight in Red Armor  
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* "[[The Summer House - Dorothy Daniels|The Summer House]]" - 1976 [[Warner]]
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GO
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* "[[The Templeton Memoirs ]]" - 1966 [[Lancer]]
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1966  
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* "[[Terror Of The Twin ]]" - 1976 [[Berkley]]
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Lady of the Shadows  
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* "[[This Ancient Evil ]]" -  1966 [[Lancer]]
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GO
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* "[[The Tide Mill ]]" - 1975 [[Popular]]
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1968  
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* "[[The Tormented ]]" - 1969 [[Warner]]
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The Lanier Riddle  
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* "[[The Tower Room ]]" - 1965 [[Lancer]]
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GO
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* "[[Traitor's Road ]]" - 1967 [[Magnum]]
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1972  
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* "[[Twilight At The Elms ]]" - 1976 [[Signet]]
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Larrabee Heiress  
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* "[[The Two Worlds of Peggy Scott ]]" - 1974 [[Pocket]]
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GO
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* "[[The Unearthly ]]" - 1970 [[Magnum]]
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1972  
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* "[[The Unguarded ]]" - 1965 [[Lancer]]
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The Last of the Mansions / Survivors of Darkness  
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* "[[The Unlamented ]]" - 1975 [[Pocket]]
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GO
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* "[[Valley Of Shadows - Dorothy Daniels|Valley Of Shadows]]" - 1980 [[Signet]]
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1966  
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* "[[Veil Of Treachery ]]" - 1979 [[Signet]]
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The Lattimer Legend
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* "[[The Vineyard Chapel ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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GO
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* "[[Voice On The Wind ]]" - 1969 [[Paperback Library]]
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1971
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* "[[A Web Of Peril ]]" - 1974 [[Pyramid]]
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Legend of Death
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* "[[Whistle In The Wind ]]" - 1976 [[Pocket]]
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GO
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* "[[Willow Weep ]]" - 1970 [[Pyramid]]
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1980
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* "[[The Wines Of Cyprien ]]" -  1977 [[Pyramid]]
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The Leland Legacy  
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* "[[Witch's Castle ]]" -  1971 [[Paperback Library]]
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GO
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* "[[A Woman In Silk And Shadows]]" -  1977 [[Signet]]
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1965  
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* "[[World's Fair Nurse ]]" - 1964 [[Paperback Library]]
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The Lily Pond  
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* "[[Yesterday's Evil]]" - 1979 [[Signet]]
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GO
 
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1965  
 
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The Lonely Place  
 
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GO
 
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1978  
 
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The Magic Ring  
 
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GO
 
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1978  
 
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The Man from Yesterday  
 
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GO
 
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1970  
 
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The Marble Hills  
 
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GO
 
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1975  
 
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The Marble Leaf / The Marble Angel  
 
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GO
 
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1966  
 
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Marriott Hall  
 
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GO
 
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1965
 
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The Maya Temple  
 
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GO
 
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1972
 
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Meg
 
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GO
 
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1979  
 
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Midday Moon  
 
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GO
 
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1966  
 
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A Mirror of Shadows  
 
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GO
 
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The Mistress of Falcon Hill  
 
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GO
 
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1965  
 
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Monte Carlo  
 
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GO
 
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1981  
 
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Mostly by Moonlight  
 
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GO
 
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1968  
 
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Mystic Manor  
 
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1975
 
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Nicola  
 
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GO
 
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1980  
 
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Night Shade  
 
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GO
 
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1976  
 
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Night Shadow  
 
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GO
 
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Nightfall  
 
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GO
 
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1977  
 
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Nurse at Danger Mansion
 
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Perrine  
 
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GO
 
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1978  
 
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Poison Flower  
 
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GO
 
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1977  
 
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Portrait of a Witch  
 
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GO
 
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1976  
 
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The Possessed  
 
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GO
 
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1975  
 
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The Possession of Tracy Corbin  
 
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GO
 
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1973  
 
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The Prisoner of Malville Hall  
 
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GO
 
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1973  
 
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The Purple and the Gold  
 
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GO
 
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1980  
 
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The Raging Waters  
 
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GO
 
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1970  
 
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Raxl, Voodoo Priestess  
 
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GO
 
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1970  
 
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Saratoga  
 
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GO
 
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1981  
 
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Screen Test for Laurel  
 
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CR
 
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1967  
 
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The Sevier Secrets  
 
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GO
 
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1967  
 
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Shadow Glen  
 
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GO
 
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1965
 
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Shadows from the Past  
 
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GO
 
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1972  
 
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Shadow of a Man
 
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GO
 
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1975
 
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Shadows of Tomorrow  
 
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GO
 
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1971  
 
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The Silent Halls of Ashenden  
 
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GO
 
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1973  
 
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The Sisters of Valcour  
 
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HR
 
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1981  
 
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The Spanish Chapel  
 
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GO
 
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1972  
 
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The Stone House  
 
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GO
 
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1973  
 
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Strange Paradise  
 
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GO
 
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1969  
 
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The Summer House  
 
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GO
 
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1976  
 
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The Templeton Memoirs  
 
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GO
 
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1966  
 
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Terror of the Twin  
 
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GO
 
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1976  
 
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This Ancient Evil  
 
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GO
 
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1966  
 
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The Tide Mill  
 
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GO
 
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1975  
 
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The Tormented  
 
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GO
 
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1969  
 
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The Tower Room  
 
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GO
 
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1965  
 
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Traitor's Road  
 
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GO
 
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1967  
 
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Twilight at the Elms  
 
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GO
 
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1976  
 
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The Two Worlds of Peggy Scott  
 
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GO
 
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1974  
 
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The Unearthly  
 
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GO
 
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1970  
 
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The Unguarded  
 
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GO
 
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1965  
 
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The Unlamented  
 
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GO
 
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1975  
 
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Valley of Shadows  
 
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GO
 
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1980  
 
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Veil of Treachery  
 
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GO
 
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1979  
 
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The Vineyard Chapel  
 
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GO
 
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1976  
 
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Voice on the Wind  
 
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GO
 
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1969  
 
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A Web of Peril  
 
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GO
 
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1974  
 
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Whistle in the Wind  
 
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GO
 
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1976  
 
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Willow Weep  
 
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GO
 
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1970  
 
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The Wines of Cyprien  
 
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GO
 
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1977  
 
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Witch's Castle  
 
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GO
 
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1971  
 
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Witch's Island
 
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GO
 
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1972
 
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A Woman in Silk and Shadows  
 
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GO
 
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1977  
 
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World's Fair Nurse  
 
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GO
 
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1964  
 
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Yesterday's Evil 1979
 

Latest revision as of 16:42, 29 August 2015


According to a mini-biography, accompanied by a photograph, on the rear cover of one of her many gothic novels, Dorothy Daniels was born in Connecticut but by the time she was a full-time writer, in the middle 1960's, was living in California. She was initlally an English teacher at a state college but later wrote articles that appeared in national magazines, which led to her career as a writer of mostly gothic paperbacks. Lancer books, which published more than twenty of her novels, proclaimed her "America's Most Popular Gothic Novelist" while Pocket Books claimed her gothic novels had sold over eleven million copies by the middle 1970's. Her approximately 146 novels were published by a dozen paperback publishers, some had as many as four printings while others were printed only once. Lancer and Warner Books together published more than sixty of her novels. The vast majority of her novels were written in the first person and this was a trademark of sorts with Dorothy Daniels, as she rarely strayed from this pattern. Several of her novels take place in the Old South. Her novels were also considerably more involving plot-wise and contained more character development than other gothic novels. She published her last gothic novel, "House of Silence", in late 1980. Afterward she wrote a handfull of historical romances and her last published novel appears to be "Crisis at Valcour" in 1985.

The aforementioned photograph on the rear cover of her 1965 book "Cliffside Castle" contradicts some claims that Dorothy Daniels was male, and at least one internet website's author insists that Dorothy Daniels was actually a man named Paul Hugo Little who lived in Chigago and wrote over 700 books under at least a dozen pseudonyms. We may never know for certain who Dorothy Daniels was. Several of her gothic paperbacks, credited to Dorothy Daniels or Suzanne Somers, were copyrighted by Norman Daniels. She published one novel, "House of False Faces", under the pseudonym Helen Gray Weston, but this book was later reissued as "Dorothy Daniels writing as Helen Gray Weston". She wrote three nurse romance books in addition to her many gothic novels.

See Also

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