Friday’s Forgotten Book: X v. REX by Philip Macdonald

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 Porlock,...
The Big Thaw by Donald Harstad

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...
Notice of Death by John Penn

Notice of Death by John Penn

John Penn is a joint pseudonym of Palma Harcourt (1917 – 1999) when she wrote with husband Jack H. Trotman. Harcourt wrote espionage thrillers under her own name. Under the Penn pseudonym she wrote more traditional detective stories. George...