Hake Talbot

30 November 1900 – May 1986

> Hake Talbot is a pen name of the American writer Henning Nelms (30 November 1900 - May 1986). Nelms used the Talbot name to write just two detective novels, *The Hangman’s Handyman* in 1942 and the highly regarded locked-room mystery *Rim of the Pit* in 1944. >Nelms reserved his real name for writing non-fiction about showmanship (his chief occupation was as a stage magician). He was the author of the book *Magic and Showmanship: A Handbook for Conjurers* (1969).

• Rim of the Pit
• Au seuil de l'abîme
• Le bras droit du bourreau
• The hangman's handyman