Hake Talbot

> Hake Talbot is a pen name of the American writer <a href=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL32533A/Henning_Nelms/>Henning Nelms</a> (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* …