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Irene Marcuse

Irene Marcuse

American author of mystery novels

Irene Marcuse was an American author of mystery novels. She was a finalist for the Agatha Award in 2000. She died March 8, 2021.[1][2]

Quick Facts Occupation, Nationality ...

Marcuse held a BA in Literature and Creative Writing and a Master of Social Work from Columbia University. She was the granddaughter of social philosopher Herbert Marcuse and daughter of his only child Peter Marcuse.

Books

Marcuse's Anita Servi series includes:

  • The Death of an Amiable Child (2000)
  • Guilty Mind (2001)
  • Consider the Alternative (2002)
  • Under the Manhattan Bridge (2004)

Her book Under the Manhattan Bridge is set in October 2001, in a city still coping with the impact of 9/11. According to a review in The New York Times of post-9/11 mystery novels, it features "garbage trucks used as barricades and surreally polite New Yorkers."[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Silver, Tabitha. "Irene "Beetsie" Elizabeth Marcuse Silver". LifePost.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Shelf Awareness for Thursday, March 11, 2021". Self Awareness.com. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  3. [3]
    Pall, Ellen (February 9, 2003). "Whodunit? Suddenly Nobody Cared". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
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