{"product_id":"the-hospital-murder-case-means-davis-9781479427352","title":"The Hospital Murder Case","description":"\u003cp\u003eA string of deaths in the same bed at a hospital may mean murder! A nurse volunteers to spend the night in the bed to investigate...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[MURDER WITHOUT WEAPONS, by Means Davis is] an alternative classic that I wish I'd known about when I was writing the [Gun in Cheek] books; I could have done an entire chapter on it and THE HOSPITAL MURDERS, which I've also since read.\" -- Bill Pronzini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeans Davis was the pen name of Augusta Tucker Townsend (1904-1999), a best-selling author who brought national attention to the Johns Hopkins Medical School with the novel Miss Susie Slagle's. A daughter of the Deep South, the former Augusta Tucker moved to Baltimore during the Depression to be part of a literary circle that included Gerald Johnson, Ogden Nash, R. P. Harriss and H. L. Mencken. Besides novels and short stories, Mrs. Townsend also wrote a guide, It Happened at Hopkins: A Teaching Hospital, and more than 300 newspaper and magazine feature articles, book reviews and opinion-editorials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Means Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479427357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479427352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Agog! Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Means Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965702488319,"sku":"9781479427352","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1166205-dc8f-4fd1-b425-da0c8360531d.jpg?v=1767284220","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hospital-murder-case-means-davis-9781479427352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}