January 17, 1921. Thomas B. Chastain was born on this day. He wrote a number of mystery novels including one of the most successful gimmick books of the 1980s.
Who Killed The Robins Family? did not include the solution. Readers were invited to answer a series of questions and the one who came closest won $10,000. The book sold over a million copies.
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