Myrna Kaye, astute writer and âsavvy sleuthâ in the antiques world, dies at 90 By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated May 12, 2021, 6:14 p.m. Email to a Friend Mrs. Kaye, shown on her porch in Lexington on an American rocking chair, wrote several books, including "There's A Bed in the Piano."BERRY, Pam GLOBE STAFF Having moved with her family to Lexington in the early 1960s, Brooklyn-born Myrna Kaye needed a way to settle into her new life. âI thought, âI have to do something to make New England home,â " she told the Globe in 1998. âI looked around and saw all these weather vanes.â