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Mrs. Boyd's first mystery Murder Breaks Trail had an Alaskan background, and in
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- Murder Breaks Trail: An Alaska Vintage Mystery
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Set in Alaska in the late fall immediately preceding Pearl Harbor, Murder Breaks Trail involves a Congressman, a Senator and his daughter, an Alaska politician, a pretty schoolteacher, an airplane pilot and a groce
- Doom in the Midnight Sun: An Alaska Vintage Mystery
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Mrs. Boyd's first mystery Murder Breaks Trail had an Alaskan background, and in
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Eunice Mays Boyd
Eunice Mays Boyd (1902-1971) spent twelve years living in Alaska from the late 1920s until the onset of American engagement in World War II. She was born in Oregon, the grand-daughter of George C. Ainsworth and great-granddaughter of John C. Ainsworth, the scion a prominent pioneer family. She was raised in Berkeley and graduated from UC in 1924. She married George Lloyd Boyd, an attorney whose career took them to Alaska. They divorced in the 1940s and she worked for UC President Sproul and later at UCSF in the Department of Preventive Medicine. Her goddaughter, Elizabeth Reed Aden, secured the literary rights to her novels and has published three manuscripts written between 1948 and 1971 (Dune House, Slay Bells and A Vacation to Kill For). She also secured the rights to Eunice's out-of-print books which are being republished. She was a co-author with Anthony Boucher, among others, of The Marble Forest which was made into the movie Macabre.
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