Crime in Corn-Weather - Softcover

Atwater, Mary Meigs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616464046 ISBN 13: 9781616464042

Publisher: Coachwhip Publications, 2017

Synopsis

William Breen, hard-hearted banker of Keedora, Iowa, is shot by an unknown assailant whose identity remains a mystery until the very end. This is a perfect murder because there is no corpus delicti and no real clue—only a deserted Buick with blood on the back cushions. The reason for the murder and how it was committed and concealed come out gradually as the story unfolds and the little village fills with newspaper men and curiosity seekers. Unlike most murder stories, Crime in Corn-Weather is given depth and richness by its realistic portrayal of the effect of the murder on the lives of the community. It is not only a first-rate mystery but a remarkable novel as well—vivid, fast-moving, with living characters and complete reality. ('Library Column,' Williamsburg, Iowa, Journal Tribune, 1935)

Crime in Corn-Weather was first published in 1935.

About this title

About the Author

Mary Meigs Atwater (1878-1956) was an American artist (studying at the Chicago Art Institute and in Paris) best known as a leader in the movement resurrecting handweaving as an art form. She organized a weaving guild and wrote several popular books and monographs on the subject. One of six well-educated daughters to Montgomery and Grace Meigs of Rock Island, Illinois, though raised in Iowa, she met her husband, Maxwell Atwater (a respected mining engineer), while studying in Paris. From there they moved to various mining camps throughout the American West (and even Bolivia and Mexico), before settling in Montana. They had two children before Maxwell died from influenza in 1919. Mary supported her family afterward through teaching, writing, and occupational therapy. Crime in Corn-Weather (published as Murder in Midsummer in the UK) appears to be Mary's sole foray into novel-length fiction. She did write at least one short story, 'El Medico,' published in 1911 in The Century Magazine (included at the end of this volume). Her son, Montgomery Atwater (1904-1975), became an author of young adult adventure/mystery fiction, among more physical occupations (avalanche researcher, forester, rancher, and more).

Edition details

• Publisher: Coachwhip Publications
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1616464046
• ISBN 13: 9781616464042
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 168