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A Historical Fiction Mystery, Limited Edition Paperback
Ten-year-old Fanny wakes one wintry morning to find her toy doll  shattered in the parlor of Chicago’s famous Glessner house. A fan of Sherlock Holmes, she attempts to solve the “murder” by questioning several well-known architects including Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Isaac Scott. This work of historical fiction was inspired by Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962), a pioneer in modern forensic science and creator of the miniature crime scenes known as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. A color illustration of the Glessner House parlor contains visual clues to the "murder" with 19 black and white illustrations depicting objects from the story with dictionary-like objectivity, appropriate for the shrewd mind of a police detective cataloging evidence. This First Printing paperback signed and numbered by the author/illustrator Don Widmer. Features include perfect binding, soft touch laminated covers, 42-page body printed on Mohawk paper. (Author/Illustrator: Don Widmer - Published 2017)