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Baynard Hardwick Kendrick (April 8, 1894 – March 22, 1977) was an American mystery novelist. He wrote whodunit novels about Duncan Maclain, a blind private investigator who worked with his two German shepherds and his household of assistants to solve murder mysteries. The novels were the basis for two films starring Edward Arnold, Eyes in the ...
Want to Read. Rate it: Murder for Christmas - Volume 2. by Gahan Wilson. 3.66 · 82 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1988 · 5 editions. Within these covers are stories for every nasty ta…. Want to Read. Rate it: The Last Express (Duncan Maclain #1), The Whistling Hangman (Duncan Maclain #2), The Odor of Violets (Duncan Maclain, #3), Blind ...
Baynard Kendrick has 53 books on Goodreads with 720 ratings. Baynard Kendrick’s most popular book is The Odor of Violets (Duncan Maclain, #3).
Baynard H. Kendrick. Kendrick was an American lawyer and executive who became a full-time writer in 1932. His first mystery novel, Blood on Lake Louisa was published in 1934. In 1914 Kendrick was the first American to enlist in the Canadian Army, one hour after that country declared war. He married Edythe Stevens in 1919 and Jean Morris in 1971 ...
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Mar 23, 1977 · Baynard H. Kendrick, the mystery writer who created the blind sleuth Capt. Duncan Maclain, died yesterday in nursing home in Ocala, Fla., after three‐month illness. He was 82 years old.
Baynard Kendrick was the first American to enlist in the Canadian Army during World War I. While in London, he met a blind English soldier whose observational skills inspired the character of Capt. Duncan Maclain. Kendrick was also a founding member of the Mystery Writers of America and winner of the organization’s Grand Master Award.
Baynard Kendrick ( 1894 - 1977 ) Kendrick was the author of a series of detective novels published from the late 1930s through the early 1960s featuring a blind private detective named Duncan Maclain.
