Barbara Elizabeth Linington was born in Aurora. She had several interests including archaeology, the occult, gemstones, antique weapons and languages. She also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Anne Blaisdell', 'Lesley Egan', and 'Dell Shannon'. |
Titles and year of publication:
1) Greenmask! | 1964 |
2) No Evil Angel | 1964 |
3) Date with Death | 1966 |
4) Something Wrong | 1967 |
5) Policeman's Lot | 1968 |
6) Practice to Deceive | 1971 |
7) Crime by Chance | 1973 |
8) Perchance of Death | 1977 |
9) No Villain Need Be | 1979 |
10) Consequence of Crime | 1980 |
11) Skeletons in the Closet | 1982 |
12) Felony Report | 1984 |
13) Strange Felony | 1986 |
14) Alter Ego | 1988 |
As 'Anne Blaisdell' | |
1) Nightmare | 1961 |
As 'Lesley Egan' | |
1) The Borrowed Alibi | 1961 |
2) A Case for Appeal | 1962 |
3) Against the Evidence | 1962 |
4) Run to Evil | 1963 |
5) My Name Is Death | 1964 |
6) Detective's Due | 1965 |
7) Some Avenger, Rise! | 1966 |
8) The Nameless Ones | 1967 |
9) A Serious Investigation | 1968 |
10) The Wine of Violence | 1969 |
11) In the Death of a Man | 1970 |
12) Malicious Mischief | 1971 |
13) Paper Chase | 1972 |
14) Scenes of Crime | 1976 |
15) The Blind Search | 1977 |
16) Look Back on Death | 1978 |
17) A Dream Apart | 1978 |
18) The Hunters and the Hunted | 1979 |
19) Motive in Shadow | 1980 |
20) A Choice of Crimes | 1980 |
21) The Miser | 1981 |
22) Random Death | 1982 |
23) Little Boy Lost | 1983 |
24) Crime for Christmas | 1984 |
25) Chain of Violence | 1985 |
26) The Wine of Life | 1985 |
As 'Dell Shannon' | |
1) Case Pending | 1960 |
2) The Ace of Spades | 1961 |
3) Extra Kill | 1962 |
4) Knave of Hearts | 1962 |
5) Death of a Busybody | 1963 |
6) Double Bluff | 1963 |
7) Mark of Murder | 1964 |
8) Root of All Evil | 1964 |
9) The Death-Bringers | 1965 |
10) Death by Inches | 1965 |
11) Coffin Corner | 1966 |
12) With a Vengeance | 1966 |
13) Chance to Kill | 1967 |
14) Rain with Violence | 1967 |
15) Kill with Kindness | 1968 |
16) Crime on Their Hands | 1969 |
17) Schooled to Kill | 1969 |
18) Unexpected Death | 1970 |
19) Whim to Kill | 1971 |
20) The Ringer | 1971 |
21) Murder with Love | 1972 |
22) With Intent to Kill | 1972 |
23) No Holiday for Crime | 1973 |
24) Spring of Violence | 1973 |
25) Crime File | 1974 |
26) Deuces Wild | 1975 |
27) Streets of Death | 1976 |
28) Appearances of Death | 1977 |
29) Cold Trail | 1978 |
30) Felony at Random | 1979 |
31) Felony File | 1980 |
32) Murder Most Strange | 1981 |
33) The Motive on Record | 1982 |
34) Exploit of Death | 1983 |
35) Destiny of Death | 1984 |
36) Chaos of Crime | 1985 |
37) Blood Count | 1986 |
38) Murder by the Tale (short stories) | 1987 |
39) The Manson Curse | 1990 |