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Bleiler. those of Sherlock Holmes, Loveday Sealed-room mysteries had appeared before this 1891 publication but the Brooke solves every perplexing author’s inventive, deftly humorous treatment offered a novel exploitation of crime in these seven atmospheric the genre’s puzzling possibilities, marking a turning point in detective ction. and entertaining Victorian myster- 112pp. 0-486-81485-8 $4.95 ies. 240pp. 0-486-84188-X $14.95 THE WINDOW AT THE WHITE CAT, Mary Roberts Rinehart. A crooked politician disappears and his daughter seeks help from an attorney in this gripping mystery.