Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox
Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1888-1957) was a British cleric and author. He was the son of the Bishop of Manchester. His brother Evoe was editor of Punch magazine and his sister Winifred Francis Knox Peck wrote in a range of genres, including two mysteries which have been...
Death of a Perfect Mother by Robert Barnard
Since I began looking at overlooked or forgotten authors, I have found one writer after another whose work was popular during his or her lifetime and then at death it promptly vanished from discussions about favorite books and must-reads. I fear that Robert Barnard...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Dark Angel by James Ronald
James Jack Ronald (1905-1972) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction, mystery stories, and dramatic novels. Raised in Glasgow, Ronald moved to Chicago at seventeen where he worked in a variety of jobs and then returned to the UK to pursue a writing career. His early...