Baynard Kendrick

Blood on Lake Louisa, first published in 1934, is a fast-paced murder thriller from the 'golden-age' of mystery writing. Set in the Florida 'flatwoods' and marshes, the book opens with the murder of a banker; a popular doctor is soon the leading suspect, but the doctor and local sheriff work together to identify the true killer. From the publisher: "This is a murder-mystery story of an unusual kind. It is laid in a setting of the Florida that neither...