Helen Reilly
Born 1891 · Died 1962
Helen Reilly (nee Helen Kieran) was born and raised in New York City in a literary family. Her brother, James Kieran, was also a writer, and two of Reilly's daughters, Ursula Curtiss and Mary McMullen, are also writers. Reilly's early books were police procedurals based on her research into the New York Homicide squad. Reilly also used the pseudonym Kieran Abbey.
Books by Helen Reilly
The velvet hand1953
Death demands an audience1940
Murder at Arroways1950
Compartment K; Night drop; Double image1955
The double man1952
Mr. Smith's hat1936
Ding dong bell1958
McKee of Centre Street1934
The farmhouse1947
Follow me1960- The diamond featherThe diamond feather1930
The doll's trunk murder1932- Not me, inspectorNot me, inspector1959
The Opening Door / Follow Me1960
Certain sleep1961- Compartment K.Compartment K.1955
- The canvas daggerThe canvas dagger1956
- The day she diedThe day she died1962
- Tell her it's murderTell her it's murder1954
- Crimefile number 2 ...Crimefile number 2 ...1937
- Three women in blackThree women in black1941
- Murder on Angler's IslandMurder on Angler's Island1945
- Lament for the brideLament for the bride1951
- The silver leopardThe silver leopard1946