Hillary Waugh, prolific mystery writer, dies at 88

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HARTFORD, Conn. – Novelist Hillary Waugh, whose prolific career introduced generations of mystery readers to small-town intrigue and police techniques rooted in real investigations, has died in Connecticut. He was 88.

Waugh died Dec. 8 in a nursing facility in Torrington after a brief illness, his son Lawrence said Saturday.

Waugh's dozens of novels — numbering almost 50, including some he wrote under pen names — earned him a Grand Master Award in 1989 from the Mystery Writers of America.

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