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Welcome
to
Mystery
Books
Podcast.
I'm
Mystery
Author
Sarah
Rosette.
This
is
Season
6,
Episode
5,
and
it's
all
about
Georgia
Hare.
Now
we're
continuing
the
series
looking
at
authors
from
the
Golden
Age
of
Mystery,
and
this
author
may
be
someone
that
you
don't
know
as
well
as
some
other
names
that
are
mentioned.
Georgia
Hare
is
better
known
for
her
Regency
romances.
Overall,
she
wrote
54
books,
and
that
included
Regency
romances,
historical
novels,
mysteries,
as
well
as
some
short
stories.
Her
Regency
romances
are
very
well
known,
but
she
also
wrote
12
mystery
novels,
which
were
published
between
1932
and
1953.
So
let
me
give
you
a
little
background
about
Georgette
Hare.
She
was
born
in
1902,
and
her
father
was
a
scholar
who
encouraged
her
in
her
writing.
Her
first
book
was
called
The
Black
Moth,
and
it
was
written
when
she
was
17,
and
it
was
published
when
she
was
19.
So
she
wrote
it
to
entertain
her
younger
brother
who
had
hemophilia.
And
according
to
one
article
I
read,
she
sometimes
used
a
quill
pen
to
write.
Now
I
don't
know
how
long
that
lasted.
Once
she
got
to
where
she
was
pretty
prolific,
I
have
a
feeling
she
switched
to
a
typewriter.
In
1925,
she
married
a
mining
engineer
who
later
became
a
barrister,
and
they
worked
sometimes
together,
tossing
ideas
around,
it
sounded
like,
for
her
mystery
plots.
And
I'm
sure
that
was
very
helpful
because
when
you're
writing
a
mystery,
you
always
have
legal
questions.
So
I'm
sure
that
was
a
good
source
to
have.
Now,
Hare
was
intensely
private.
She
didn't
do
public
appearances
or
interviews.
Really,
she
only
did
one
interview
her
whole
life.
And
the
prerequisite
for
it
was
that
there
would
be
no
questions
about
her
books.
So
I
read
an
article
about
this
in
Publishers
Weekly,
and
it
said
she
welcomed
the
reporter
to
her
home,
made
her
a
martini,
and
they
talked
about
books
and
films
and
other
artistic
endeavors,
but
never
about
her
books
or
her
writing,
which
is
so
interesting
because
it's
completely
opposite
from
what
most
authors
do
today,
including
myself.
I'm
willing
to
do
interviews.
But
I
just
think
that's
very
interesting
that
she
would
not
talk
about
her
books
with
anyone.
She
was
really
not
interested
in
doing
publicity.
She
was
very
private.
And
apparently
she
was
only
interested
in
answering
fan
mail
that
asked
historical
questions,
questions
about
historical
details,
or
had
some
interesting
points
to
make.
One
of
the
articles
I
read
said
that
she
didn't
seem
to
know
how
to
respond
to
people
who
gushed
about
her
books.
So
she
just
didn't
answer
those
letters,
which
I
think
is
pretty
funny.
Now,
let's
talk
about
her
mysteries.
Her
first
mystery
was
called
Footsteps
in
the
Dark,
and
it
was
published
in
1932.
She
wrote
it
to
show
that
she
could
write
something
else
besides
historical
romances.
Her
mysteries
often
are
set
in
a
country
house.
They
have
a
lot
of
humor
in
them
normally.
So
she
has
two
different
detectives.
She
has
a
superintendent,
a
police
detective
who's
a
superintendent,
and
a
police
detective
who's
an
inspector.
And
each
of
these
characters
have
four
books,
and
then
she
has
some
standalone
mysteries.
I
wouldn't
say
that
I've
read
most
of
these
and
I
don't
have
any
um
super
memorable
impressions
of
the
of
the
investigators,
but
I
do
have
vivid
memories
of
the
characters
and
the
settings
and
very
interesting
plots
and
clues.
So
she
was
very
good
at
bringing
everything
together.
I
w
I
would
say
her
detectives
are
not
as
memorable
as
some
of
the
other
golden
age
authors,
but
the
setting
itself
and
sort
of
the
comedy
of
manners
incorporated
with
the
mystery
element
is
very
interesting.
Now,
this
is
a
little
bit
shorter
episode
because
there's
not
a
whole
lot
of
information
about
her,
um,
probably
because
she
was
so
intensely
private.
But
I
do
want
to
close
with
this
quote.
This
is
she
said
this
about
one
of
her
books
that
came
out
during
World
War
II,
and
she
said,
I
think
myself
I
ought
to
be
shot
for
writing
such
nonsense,
but
it's
unquestionably
good
escapist
literature,
and
I
think
I
should
rather
like
it
if
I
were
sitting
in
an
air-raid
shelter
or
recovering
from
the
flu.
So
I
love
that
quote
because
it
shows
that
some
entertainment
is
meant
to
help
us
to
escape,
and
that
is
perfectly
fine.
That
is
an
end
in
itself.
Not
everything
has
to
be
super
serious,
super
highbrow.
Not
everything
has
to
have
incredibly
deep
meanings.
I
think
things
that
have
themes
and
explorations
of
interesting
topics
are
valuable,
and
I
think
that
that
can
be
found
in
lighter
literature
as
well,
but
it's
okay,
and
we
shouldn't
ever
apologize
for
a
really
good
book
that
just
helps
us
get
away
from
our
everyday
life.
If
you're
new
to
Georgette
Hare,
where
should
you
start?
I
would
recommend
one
of
my
favorites,
Footsteps
in
the
Dark.
It's
got
a
fun,
really
breezy
light
tone.
It
has
some
gothic
and
thriller
elements
as
well
as
a
murder
mystery,
and
it's
very
entertaining.
I
hope
this
podcast
has
given
you
some
new
possibilities
for
your
to
be
read
pile.
And
if
you've
enjoyed
it,
I
hope
you'll
tell
a
fellow
mystery
reader.
If
you
can't
get
enough
of
the
1920s
Who
Done
It,
check
out
my
High
Society
Lady
Detective
series
in
ebook,
audio,
or
print
at
zara
rosettebooks.com.
And
I
will
see
you
next
time.
Happy
sleuthing.
