The Book of the Lion / The Whip / No Tears for the Dead

Elinore Denniston was an American author of romance mysteries and other fiction, writing as Rae Foley, as well as non-fiction under several pseudonyms. She also ghost-wrote novels, based on notes and materials left by the well-known novelist Emilie Loring.

Elizabeth Daly was born in New York City, the child of a justice on the Supreme Court of New York County and his wife. As a child, she loved games and puzzles, and she went on to become an avid reader of the crime fiction. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College and then earned an M.A. degree from Columbia University. In 1940, at the age of sixty-two, Daly took up writing and published her first novel. She went on to become one of the most prolific crime writers of the 1940s, publishing an addition...

Sara Elizabeth Mason is the author of The Book of the Lion, The Whip, and No Tears for the Dead. She writes fiction across several genres. Her books are available for readers who enjoy character-driven stories.