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Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson (William Morrow, 1945) is the 16th appearance of Sir Henry Merivale, man of many talents including physician and barrister. He encounters Lady Helen Loring at a hotel in Cairo where he is staying supposedly for his...
Intrigue for Empire by Kathleen Moore Knight
Kathleen Moore Knight (1890-1984), who also wrote as Alan Amos, was an American author who started her crime fiction career by writing amateur detective novels and then transitioned into international thrillers. Her series detectives were first Penberthy Island...
Fell Murder by E. C. R. Lorac
Fell Murder by E. C. R. Lorac is another reprint from the British Library Crime Classics series. Originally published in 1944 by Collins, it was also reprinted by Rare Treasure Editions in 1921. The British Library edition has an introduction by crime fiction...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Case of the Advertised Murders by Minna Bardon
Minna Feibleman Bardon (1900-1974) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She wrote romance, detective, children’s, and science fiction short stories before writing several books of mystery and romance. She was also a copywriter for the Thompson Advertising Agency, editor...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Silent Speaker by Rex Stout
Rex Todhunter Stout (1886–1975) is a legend in the crime fiction world. He received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award in 1959. The Nero Wolfe series was nominated as Best Mystery Series of the Century at the 2000 Bouchercon mystery convention, and...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: She Shall Have Murder by Delano Ames
She Shall Have Murder by Delano Ames introduces Jane Hamish and Dagobert Brown in a post-war gem first published in 1948 and reprinted by Rue Morgue Press in 2008. Ames released twelve amusing mysteries featuring the pair between 1948 and 1959. Tom and Enid Schantz...
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who still reads at every opportunity and loves to talk about what she is reading.