Wax Flowers for Gloria by Pat Flower

Wax Flowers for Gloria by Pat Flower

Patricia Mary (Pat) Flower (1914–1977) was born in England and moved to Australia with her family when she was 14. She worked in an office and wrote radio plays and sketches during the 1940s. In the 1950s she began writing crime fiction. Her first five books were...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death Walked in Kashmir by M. M. Kaye

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death Walked in Kashmir by M. M. Kaye

Mary Margaret Kaye (1908-2004) was born in India, where her father was a civil servant. Her heart never left the country, even as she returned to England for an education and traveled with her Army husband all over the world. She’s best remembered for her epic story...
One Man’s Meat by Colin Watson

One Man’s Meat by Colin Watson

One Man’s Meat is the ninth title in the Flaxborough Chronicles by Colin Watson. The series of 12 gently sardonic and clever police procedurals featuring Detective Inspector Walter Purbright and Detective Sergeant Sidney Love in the prosperous market and port town of...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Lay On, Mac Duff by Charlotte Armstrong

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Lay On, Mac Duff by Charlotte Armstrong

Charlotte Armstrong (1905-1969) was a U.S. author of novels, short stories, and plays. She also worked in the advertising section of the New York Times and as a fashion reporter. She’s most well known for domestic suspense novels, some of which were adapted for film....