author
Will Levinrew
b. 1881
A practicing dentist who turned to mystery writing, this Russian-born American author brought an unusual mix of professional detail and classic puzzle-plot storytelling to crime fiction. His books are especially remembered for featuring Professor Herman Brierly, an elderly amateur sleuth with a sharp mind.
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Death Points a Finger
by Will Levinrew
About the author
Born in Russia in 1881, William Levine emigrated to the United States as a child and later grew up in New Jersey. He worked as a dentist and also wrote fiction under the pen name Will Levinrew.
Levinrew published mystery novels in the late 1920s and 1930s, building a reputation for clever crime stories with touches of the uncanny that are ultimately explained. Several of his books feature Professor Herman Brierly, an elderly professor and amateur detective who became his best-known recurring character.
That mix of everyday professional life and imaginative plotting gives his work a distinctive feel: grounded, curious, and very much in the tradition of classic mystery fiction. He died on July 24, 1951.