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A Kiss Before Dying (1953)
by Ira Levin
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Published Reviews
  1. [+]
    Best Mysteries of the Month (4 Reviews)
    John Dickson Carr
    The Xavier Affair, by Robert L. Fish
    1. The Xavier Affair by Robert L. Fish
    2. The Dance of Death by Jeremy Potter
    3. A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
    4. Knave of Eagles by Robert Wade
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1969, pp. 52-53
  2. [+]
    The Decadence of Detection (5 Reviews)
    Anthony Quinton
    Murder in Pastiche, by Marion Mainwaring
    1. Murder in Pastiche by Marion Mainwaring
    2. The Estate of the Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham
    3. A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
    4. Maigret, Right and Wrong by Georges Simenon
    5. Violent Ends by Georges Simenon
    Encounter, May 1955, pp. 81-83
  3. [+]
    The Criminal Record (5 Reviews)
    Sergeant Cuff
    Intruder from the Sea, by Gordon McDonell
    1. Intruder from the Sea by Gordon McDonell
    2. A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
    3. Too Many Cousins by Douglas G. Browne
    4. You Will Die Today by R.I. Wakefield
    5. Uninvited Guest by George Harmon Coxe
    The Saturday Review, October 31, 1953, p. 45
  4. [+]
    Detective Directory (8 Reviews)
    Robert P. Mills
    A Kiss Before Dying, by Ira Levin
    1. A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
    2. No Vacation for Maigret by Georges Simenon
    3. Heir Presumptive by Henry Wade
    4. Haze of Evil by Kenneth Lowe
    5. Ready or Not by Ione Sandberg Shriber
    6. Murder in Bright Red by Frances Crane
    7. Prescription: Murder by Doris Miles Disney
    8. Ellery Queen's Awards: Eighth Series by Ellery Queen
    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1954, pp. 142-146
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    Criminal Record (12 Reviews)
    Sergeant Cuff
    The Secret War for Europe, by Louis E. Hagen
    1. The Secret War for Europe by Louis E. Hagen
    2. Counterplot by Edward Jay Epstein
    3. Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh
    4. The Ascent of D-13 by Andrew Garve
    5. The Tallyman by Bill Knox
    6. Cop Out by Ellery Queen
    7. Dossier IX by Barry Weil
    8. Another Way of Dying by Francis Clifford
    9. The Brass Rainbow by Michael Collins
    10. Seven Seats to the Moon by Charlotte Armstrong
    11. A Six for the Toff by John Creasey
    12. A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
    The Saturday Review, April 26, 1969, pp. 63-64