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Yaffe, James was born on March 31, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel and Florence (Scheinman) Yaffe.
(Dave, a middle-aged, ex-New York City detective, calls on...)
Dave, a middle-aged, ex-New York City detective, calls on his seventy-five-year-old mother to help him find out if ""murder will out"" when one of the actors in the cast of a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth is found dead. Reprint.
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(Such a Mystery! Mom never wanted her son Dave to become...)
Such a Mystery! Mom never wanted her son Dave to become a policeman. "For all the brains it takes, believe me, you might as well be in business with your uncles." Besides, "All those gangsters and dope fiends and bookies and hatchet murderers and other such goniffs; isn't it possible you could get hurt some day?" It's not difficult to solve crimes, Mom explains—and it's certainly not for her. Dave and his very superior, Wellesley-educated wife, Shirley, have dinner with Mom in the Bronx every Friday evening. Between the chicken soup and the schnecken, Dave talks about his current cases. Mom is not interested in what she describes as sophie-ological analysis and psycho-annihilating the suspects, but her long experience in dealing with scheming butchers, nosey neighbors, and eccentric relatives leads her to a logical solution to all Dave's mysteries. "By yourself, you should've guessed it," Mom says, but it takes Mom's insight into personality to unravel the crime. Thirty years ago, Ellery Queen wrote that it was "sure as death and 'tectives" that a collection of Mom short stories would appear. Witty, wise, and filled with warmth, the Mom tales are some of the finest armchair detective stories ever written.
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(Relying on his Mom's homespun wisdom and sharp logic to h...)
Relying on his Mom's homespun wisdom and sharp logic to help him find solutions to his cases, Dave, an investigator for the public defender, attempts to unravel the murder of a local madam. Reprint. K. PW.
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(The explosive story of two young men driven by abnormal p...)
The explosive story of two young men driven by abnormal passions to the crime that shocked the nation. One afternoon it happened. On a deserted country road, two seventeen-year-olds of highly respected families commit one of the most gruesome and terrible crimes ever conceived. When the truth came to light, no one was more shocked or surprised than those who had known them all their lives."
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Yaffe, James was born on March 31, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel and Florence (Scheinman) Yaffe.
Graduate, Fieldston School, 1944; Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Yale University, 1948.
Professor, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, since 1968; director general studies, Colorado College, since 1981.
(Dave, a middle-aged, ex-New York City detective, calls on...)
(Dave, a middle-aged, ex-New York City detective, calls on...)
(Relying on his Mom's homespun wisdom and sharp logic to h...)
(Relying on his Mom's homespun wisdom and sharp logic to h...)
(The explosive story of two young men driven by abnormal p...)
(Such a Mystery! Mom never wanted her son Dave to become a...)
(Such a Mystery! Mom never wanted her son Dave to become...)
(Voyage Of The Franz Joseph, The, by Yaffe, James)
(Fine/Fine. First Edition. Review copy with publisher's sl...)
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Member P.E.N., Authors League, Writers Guild of America, Dramatists Guild, A.A.U.P., Mystery Writers of America, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Elizabethan (Yale).
Married Elaine Gordon, March 1, 1964. Children: Deborah Ann, Rebecca Elizabeth, Gideon Daniel.