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The Galloway Case by Andrew Garve
Paul Winterton (1908–2001) was an English journalist and crime novelist better known under the pseudonym Andrew Garve. He also published under the name Paul Somers and his first books were attributed to Roger Bax, releasing more than 40 novels between 1938 and...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Till Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr
I thought it was time to visit the prolific John Dickson Carr and Dr. Gideon Fell again. I found a shining example of Carr’s locked room puzzle expertise in Till Death Do Us Part (Harper & Brothers, 1944; British Library Crime Classics, 2021), the 15th case of...
Mourning Raga by Ellis Peters
Edith Mary Pargeter (1913-1995), better known as Ellis Peters, wrote a series about Inspector George Felse in Shropshire, England, before she launched the wildly successful Brother Cadfael into the world. Beginning in the early 1950s, the books mostly featured...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder in Piccadilly by Charles Kingston
Charles Kingston O'Mahony (c. 1884-1944) was born in Ireland and worked as a journalist and author in England during the 1920s and 1930s. Under the name Charles Kingston, he wrote crime fiction, including seven books about Detective Chief Inspector Wake of Scotland...
The Right to Sing the Blues by John Lutz
It has been awhile since I looked at the impressive output of John Lutz (1939-2021). He was a powerhouse in the world of crime fiction, publishing more than 50 novels and about 250 short stories. He was repeatedly shortlisted for major awards and received an Edgar...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death Down East by Eleanor Blake
Death Down East by U. S. author Eleanor Blake (1899-1952) was first published by Putnam in 1940; reissued by Penguin in 1945, and reprinted again by Coachwhip in 2022. It’s a highly readable story narrated by Kathie Edwards, the youngest of the in-crowd in Sidley’s...
The Empty Beach by Peter Corris
Peter Robert Corris (1942-2018) was an Australian academic, historian, journalist, and novelist. He received a Ph.D. in history from the Australian National University and then became a lecturer, literary editor of the National Times, and wrote multiple historical...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Ghost of the Hardy Boys by Leslie McFarlane
This week’s forgotten book is essential for anyone who has ever read one of the Hardy Boys books by Franklin W. Dixon. My thanks to David C. Tucker, https://davidctucker.blogspot.com/, for drawing my attention to it. I found it a mesmerizing read. The true authors...
McGarr at the Dublin Horse Show by Bartholomew Gill
Mark C. McGarrity (July 22, 1943-July 4, 2002) was a newspaper features writer and columnist, writing about nature and outdoor recreation for the Newark Star-Ledger. Under the name Bartholomew Gill, his maternal grandfather’s name, he published 16 mystery novels...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Burning Question by Carol Carnac
The Burning Question (Collins, 1957) by Carol Carnac is a rare non-series book from Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958) who usually wrote about Inspector Ryvet or Inspector Rivers under the Carnac name. As anyone who has read more than two or three of her books...
