Dupe by Liza Cody
Liza Cody introduced Anna Lee, an early female private investigator in the book Dupe (Collins, 1980), which won the CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger for best debut crime novel of the year in 1981 and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1982. Anna...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: An Oxford Tragedy by J. C. Masterman
Sir John Cecil Masterman, OBE (1891-1977) was a versatile gentleman. He was a Modern History don at Christ Church, Oxford during the 1920s, while he also played cricket, tennis, and hockey, participating in international competitions. He is best...
A Dead Liberty by Catherine Aird
I really miss Catherine Aird (1930-2024), the creator of the wonderful Christopher Dennis Sloan, otherwise known as CD, the long-suffering inspector of the fictional Beresbury CID in West Calleshire, England. West Calleshire was largely drawn from the county of Kent,...