Emma Lathen – Reading List
(SMSA) after the title indicates it is in the Library
Featuring –‘John Putnam Thatcher’ (Banker)
Banking on Death (1961) SMSA
When John Putnam Thatcher suspects a young co-worker is out of his league when called upon to locate a missing heir, the urbane banker decides to show the youngster the ropes. But at the end of this line is a knotty problem--the newly located and now very much dead Robert Schneider.
A Place for Murder (1963) SMSA
A murderous romp through the wealthy rolling Connecticut hills where sedate money (and lots of it) mixes with violent death.
Accounting for Murder (1964) SMSA
The elegant, silver-haired banker-detective who charmed readers in Banking on Death returns in a mystery involving miscalculations and murder at the National Calculating Company, where an accountant is found strangled with his adding machine cord.
Murder Makes the Wheels Go ‘Round (1966) SMSA
John Thatcher has gone out to Detroit to evaluate the business of Michigan Motors, but things get complicated when one of the firm's senior managers gets killed.
Death Shall Overcome (1966) SMSA
The Dow Jones quivers when the crusty, old brokerage house of Schuyler and Schuyler announces a new partner with a seat on the Stock Exchange - black multimillionaire Edward Parry.
Murder Against the Grain (1967)
Before John Putnam Thatcher can recover the missing million dollars the Russians have made as a down payment on wheat, he has to answer some rather peculiar questions.
A Stitch in Time (1968) SMSA
Wall Street banker-detective John Putnam Thatcher diagnoses a case of murder in a scandal-rocked Long Island hospital.
Come to Dust (1968) SMSA
Elliot Patterson of Target Associates is missing, and his bank account needs looking into, so the Sloan Guaranty Trust is approached by Gabe Uhlein, president of the Association. It transpires that Elliot is connected to a hit-&-run accident.
When in Greece(1969)
The Sloan Guaranty Trust has too much invested in an international development venture to alienate Greece's right-wing military leaders. But when the Sloan's representative in Athens suddenly disappears after being linked with a murdered leftist, the bank is embroiled in a full-scale military coup. Then senior bank officer Everett Gabler vanishes. .
Murder to Go (1969) SMSA
One by one, they landed in the hospital- suffering sever stomach pains, four days in a coma, often writhing death. The Public Health Service was baffled; emergency investigations were under way.
Pick Up Sticks (1970) SMSA
When Wall Street's John Putnam Thatcher and his Down East crony, Henry Morland, started hiking the Appalachian Trail, they hardly expected to stumble over a dead body.
Ashes to Ashes (1971) SMSA
The St. Bernadette's Parents League was formed to save the old, bankrupt parochial school from being replaced by a twenty-story apartment house. The irate protesters had sentiment and Francis P. Omara on their side.
The Longer the Thread (1971) SMSA
When John Putnam Thatcher, senior vice-president of the Sloan Guaranty Trust, investigated the affairs of a Sloan-backed clothing plant in Puerto Rico, he discovered some very suspicious "accidents." And corpses, he knew, are very bad for business.
Murder Without Icing (1972) SMSA
John Putnam Thatcher, senior vice-president of the Sloan Guaranty Trust, received the news that his bank was to sponsor hockey telecasts with his usual equanimity.
Sweet and Low (1974) SMSA
It all began with Old Glory - not the flag, but the candy bar whose skyrocket success caused a Wall Street storm - with highs, lows, and a killing of the floor of the Cocoa Exchange.
By Hook or by Crook (1975) SMSA
The Parajian family inherits a profitable rug business - and a rivalry sealed in blood! Sloan Guaranty Trust is faced with a bitter fight among the Parajian heirs
Double, Double, Oil and Trouble (1978) SMSA
John Putnam Thatcher, banker-detective, finds himself stepping lively a half-stride ahead of disaster when a kidnapping in Istanbul, a ransom in Switzerland and a murder in Texas ignite a flash fire fueled by international oil.
Going for the Gold (1981) SMSA
Lake Placid becomes anything but for John Putnam Thatcher, banker-detective for Sloan Guaranty Trust, when a French skier is slammed to the snow by a sniper's bullet, and a check fraud scheme swindles half a million dollars from the Sloan's special Olympics branch.
Green Grow the Dollars (1982) SMSA
In this, Emma Lathen's 19th novel, her banker-sleuth John Putnam Thatcher unravels the intricacies of corporate crime in the world of agribusiness, where a dispute over a miracle tomato - known as "Numero Uno" - leads to murder.
Something in the Air (1988) SMSA
Sparrow Airways is either on the brink of something big or in big trouble. But employees and even management can't seem to agree on which it is. When a labor negotiation ends in murder, John Thatcher is determined to figure out if this investment is going to lead to more trouble.
East is East (1991) SMSA
Takes John Thatcher from the Sloan Guaranty Trust building in Manhattan on evenly paced travels to Japan, Alaska and England. Lackawanna Electric Industriesis about to pull off a distribution coup. Thatcher is present at the Tokyo signing, which is delayed by the discovery of a murdered accountant.
Right on the Money (1993) SMSA
Wall Street banking whiz John Putnam Thatcher finds himself involved in corporate corruption and mystery involving an assistant division manager, an executive vice-president, and a corporate wife.
Brewing Up a Storm (1996) SMSA
When a 19-year-old boy dies in a drunk driving accident, Madeline Underwood decides to convince the world that Kischel Brewery's "soft drink" leads young people to try the harder stuff. But Underwood faces formidable enemies.
A Shark Out of Water (1997) SMSA
The deal was murder. A megabucks investment opportunity draws financier/sleuth John Putnam Thatcher to the decaying Polish port if Gdansk, where a killing can be made if the busy canal there is rebuilt--long a dream of maverick Baltic business official Stefan Zabriski.
As - ‘R.B. Dominic’
Featuring Ben Stafford (US Congressman)
Murder, Sunny Side Up (1968)
This one involves Congressional committee hearings on a product called Ova Cote (supposd to make eggs last for months and months) Two murders occur but Ben manages to tie the pieces together and solve the whole thing.
Murder in High Place (1970)
Congressman Ben Safford gets caught up in an international incident that leads to murder when one of his constituents, a young woman who tends to act before she thinks, gets herself kicked out of a South American country.
Murder Out of Court (1971) SMSA US Title: There is no Justice
Murder intrudes into a headline-hunting Senator's investigation of the President's latest nominee to the Supreme Court.
Epitaph for a Lobbyist (1974) SMSA
Congressman Ben Stafford heads the committee charged with investigating the bribe of a Congressman. Who murdered the Lobbyist involved?
Murder out of Commission (1976) SMSA
A nuclear power plant is planned for Congressman Ben Safford's quiet Ohio district. There's local opposition, of course, but it doesn't amount to much--until an AEC inspector is killed.
The Attending Physician (1980) SMSA
Congressman Ben Safford is reluctant to have congressional hearings in his quiet Ohio district, but when seven doctors are accused of defrauding the government, something is bound to happen.
A Flaw in the System (1984) SMSA US Title: Unexpected Developments
This time the story revolves around a newly developed fighter plane and the young pilot who shoulders the blame for crashing one.