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Natalie Sumner Lincoln
1881–1935
A Washington, D.C., mystery writer with a talent for suspense, Natalie Sumner Lincoln set nearly all of her novels in her native city. Her stories often feature detectives, hidden identities, and crimes drawn into the capital’s social world.
13 Audiobooks
I Spy
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Red Seal
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Man Inside
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The nameless man
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Meredith Mystery
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The unseen ear
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Trevor case
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The official chaperon
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Cat's Paw
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Lost Despatch
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The Thirteenth Letter
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The moving finger
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
The three strings
by Natalie Sumner Lincoln
About the author
Born in Washington, D.C., on October 4, 1881, Natalie Sumner Lincoln was the daughter of physician Nathan Smith Lincoln and novelist Jeanie Gould. She was educated at a private school in Washington and later worked as society editor for the Washington Herald.
Lincoln wrote 22 novels, most of them set in Washington, D.C., with many featuring Inspector Mitchell or Detective Ferguson of the city police. Her work included The Man Inside, The Official Chaperon, The Unseen Ear, and The Fifth Latchkey, and she also published short stories in magazines such as McCall’s and Detective Story Magazine.
She became editor of the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine in 1915, a position she held until her death on August 31, 1935. Two of her novels were adapted into silent films, and in 1930 she attracted attention after discovering one of her father’s letters bearing a rare Baltimore provisional stamp.