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Melville Davisson Post
1869–1930
Best known for the Uncle Abner mysteries, this West Virginia writer blended detective puzzles with a strong sense of place and moral drama. He also had a successful magazine career, helping shape early American crime fiction.
7 Audiobooks
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
by Melville Davisson Post
The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason
by Melville Davisson Post
The Man of Last Resort; Or, The Clients of Randolph Mason
by Melville Davisson Post
The Gilded Chair: A Novel
by Melville Davisson Post
Walker of the Secret Service
by Melville Davisson Post
Dwellers in the Hills
by Melville Davisson Post
The Mountain School-Teacher
by Melville Davisson Post
About the author
Born in Harrison County, West Virginia, in 1869, Melville Davisson Post became an American writer whose work still stands out in classic mystery circles. Reliable reference sources agree that he is best remembered for Uncle Abner, a back-country sleuth whose stories mix sharp reasoning with frontier atmosphere.
Post studied law and practiced before turning fully to writing, and his fiction found a wide audience in popular magazines. The West Virginia setting, local folklore, and rural life he knew firsthand gave many of his stories their distinct feel.
He died in 1930, but his reputation has lasted through continuing reprints and anthologies. Readers who enjoy ingenious mysteries, short fiction, and early detective stories often discover in his work a bridge between the puzzle tradition of the nineteenth century and the modern crime story.