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The Girl at Central, Classics To Go

Molly is the local switchboard girl, and has a bad habit of listening in to people's phone calls -- especially those involving Jack Reddy, upon whom Molly has a distinct crush. But Jack has eyes only for the flighty, flirtatious heiress Sylvia Hesketh. Finally Sylvia decides to elope with him, but before that scheme can be put into action Molly hears someone else try to set up with her an alternative liaison, cutting John out of the picture. Sylvia doesn't turn up for her rendezvous with Jack, and hours later is found at the side of the road over a hundred miles away, her skull bashed in... (Goodreads)

Geraldine Bonner

Geraldine Bonner (pen name, Hard Pan; 1870–1930) was an American author. Geraldine Bonner was born on Staten Island, New York. Her father, John Bonner, was a journalist and historical writer. As a child, the family moved to Colorado and she lived in mining camps. After moving to San Francisco, California, she worked at a newspaper, the Argonaut, in 1887, and subsequently, she wrote the novel Hard Pan (1900) and used the name "Hard Pan" as a pseudonym. Bonner also wrote short stories which were published in Collier's Weekly, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Monthly, and Lippincott's.

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