author

Will Levinrew

b. 1881

A little-known American mystery writer from the early 20th century, remembered today mainly through digitized editions of his work. His surviving presence online is slim, which adds a bit of curiosity to every rediscovered title.

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Death Points a Finger

Death Points a Finger

by Will Levinrew

About the author

Will Levinrew appears to have been an American author born in 1881. Based on currently available public records online, he is chiefly associated with mystery fiction and is best documented through library-style and public-domain text archives rather than modern biographical profiles.

One of the clearest surviving traces of his work online is Murder on the Palisades, which is available through Wikisource and credits him as the author. Beyond that, confirmed personal details are scarce, so standard biographical facts such as his full life dates, education, or broader career are not easy to verify from reliable web sources.

That limited record makes him the kind of author many classic-crime readers enjoy discovering: a name preserved more by the stories themselves than by a large public biography. Where information is thin, the work becomes the best introduction.