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Friday’s Forgotten Book: Accident by Design by E. C. R. Lorac
Accident by Design (Collins, 1950) by E. C. R. Lorac is the 34th appearance of Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald. Even with more than 45 books to her credit by this time, Lorac (real name Edith Rivett) demonstrates she’s not out of ideas. What’s left...
Copper Gold by Pauline Glen Winslow
The backs of dust jackets on older books are often filled with blurbs about the book in hand or the author’s earlier works but sometimes, especially the dust jackets of first editions or debut works, advertise the publisher’s other authors in that genre. It’s a...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Threepence to Marble Arch by Paul McGuire
Dominic Mary Paul McGuire (1903–1978) was an Australian author, Catholic activist, and diplomat, writing mostly poetry and nonfiction and for a few years crime fiction. His 16 mysteries were all published between 1931 and 1940, after which he pursued less frivolous...
And Did Murder Him by Peter Turnbull
Peter Turnbull used his certificate in social work in Glasgow for years before returning to Yorkshire, where he was born, to take up full-time writing. His crime fiction series includes one set in Yorkshire, one set in London, and one set in Glasgow. His Glasgow...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: X v. REX by Philip Macdonald
Philip Macdonald (1900-1980) was a British writer of more than 30 novels, dozens of short stories, and radio, television, and film scripts, nearly all of them in the crime fiction genre. He wrote under his name and as Oliver Fleming, Anthony Lawless, Martin...
The Big Thaw by Donald Harstad
Someone was looking for an older series to binge and I started listing my favorites. This one surfaced the second time I dredged my memory. These rural police procedurals are excellent and I do not understand why more readers aren't familiar with them. The Big Thaw...
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who still reads at every opportunity and loves to talk about what she is reading.