Murder a Mile High

Elizabeth Dean. Rue Morgue Press, $14 (188pp) ISBN 978-0-915230-39-6

In Murder a Mile High, by Elizabeth Dean (1901-85), antiques dealer Emma Marsh must contend with the murder of a Colorado opera company tenor as well as Nazi spies. Originally published in 1944 and third in the Emma Marsh trilogy, it was one of the first mysteries with a strong Colorado setting. ()

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