Lawrence Treat

Lawrence Arthur Goldstone (1903 - 1998), better known by his pseudonym, Lawrence Treat, was an American mystery writer, a pioneer of the genre of novels that became known as police procedurals. A practicing lawyer before turning to writing, he was a founding member of the Mystery Writers of America and a two-time winner of the MWA's Edgar Award. His first award came in 1965, for the short story "H as in Homicide"; his second was a Special Edgar Award in 1978 for editing a new edition of the "Mystery Writer's Handbook", the MWA's guide for aspiring mystery writers, first published in 1956.

elected works

*"Run Far, Run Fast" (1937)
*"B as in Banshee" (1940)
*"D as in Dead" (1941)
*"H as in Hangman" (1942)
*"O as in Omen" (1943)
*"Wail for the Corpses" (1943)
*"Leather Man" (1944)
*"V as in Victim" (1945)
*"H as in Hunted" (1946)
*"Q as in Quicksand" (1947)
*"T as in Trapped" (1947)
*"F as in Flight" (1948)
*"Over the Edge" (1948)
*"Trial and Error" (1949)
*"Big Shot" (1951)
*"Lady, Drop Dead" (1960)
*"Venus Unarmed" (1961)
*"P as in Police" (edited by Ellery Queen) (1970)