Friday’s Forgotten Book: Every Second Thursday by Emma Page

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Every Second Thursday by Emma Page

Emma Page was the pseudonym of Honoria O’Mahony Tirbutt (1921-2018). She wrote 14 classic British police officer books about Detective Chief Inspector Kelsey and Detective Sergeant Lambert of the Milbourn CID between 1980 and 2000. The second one in the series is...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Lady in Lilac by Susannah Shane

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Lady in Lilac by Susannah Shane

Harriette Ashbrook (1898-1946) was a journalist and author from the Midwest, born in Kansas. She was a newspaper reporter for the Lincoln Journal before joining Harper’s as a publicist. From there she became the publicity director for the Coward-McCann Publishing...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Black Wings by Moray Dalton

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Black Wings by Moray Dalton

Moray Dalton was the pen name of Katherine Mary Deville Dalton (1881-1963), who wrote two romances and then turned to creating crime. Her first mystery was released in 1924 and it was succeeded by 28 more, the last one in 1951. Most of the books featured Scotland Yard...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Venner Crime by John Rhode

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Venner Crime by John Rhode

Cecil John Charles Street (1884-1964) was an impressively productive author of Golden Age crime fiction. As John Rhode, he created a series of about 70 books with Dr. Lancelot Priestley, published between 1925 and 1961. He also wrote short stories, stand-alone novels,...