The Fifth Caller – Pulp & Pep https://monicanolan.com/pulppep An exploration of lesbian pulps and 1950s teen romance Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:06:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 120614702 Dead Lesbians https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/2012/10/18/dead-lesbians/ Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:06:52 +0000 http://monicanolan.jayuen.com/pulppep/?p=249 I was looking forward to Helen Nielsen’s The Fifth Caller (Morrow, 1959) from the Grier-McBride collection–the library catalog lists “Lesbian physicians–Fiction” as the second subject. Alas, only a completionist collector like Barbara Grier would put this rather dull mystery with its few elliptical references to sapphic tendencies in her lesbian library.

The Plot: Dr. Lillian Whitehall has been found dead in her office and all evidence points to her nurse. Nursie can’t defend herself, because she was found unconscious on the beach with her wrists slashed and has no memory of what happened that day. Tall, square-jawed D.A. Investigator (I’m sorry–I’ve already forgotten his name) thinks Nurse Anna is awfully … Read more

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