Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death by Two Hands by Peter Drax

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death by Two Hands by Peter Drax

Eric Elrington Addis (1899-1941) served in the Royal Navy until 1928. He studied law, practicing as a barrister to the Admiralty bar until he was recalled to the Navy at the start of World War II. He was killed in action in August 1941, leaving six novels of crime...
Death of a Gay Dog by Anne Morice

Death of a Gay Dog by Anne Morice

Felicity Worthington Shaw (1916-1989) published some two dozen mysteries under the pseudonym Anne Morice between 1970 and 1988. Felicity came from the show business world and used the “write what you know” maxim when she created actress Teresa Crichton, the...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death and Taxes by David Dodge

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death and Taxes by David Dodge

David Francis Dodge (1910-1974) was a versatile U.S. author of crime fiction and amusing travel books. He published multiple travel articles on assignment for magazines and then incorporated the settings into his fiction. To Catch a Thief is his most famous novel....
Dead in the Morning by Margaret Yorke

Dead in the Morning by Margaret Yorke

Margaret Yorke (1924-2012) was born Margaret Beda Larminie Nicholson in Surrey, lived in Dublin for many years and moved back to England. She was a ferocious champion of libraries, for which she won the CWA Golden Handcuffs award, given in recognition of the...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Black Stage by Anthony Gilbert

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Black Stage by Anthony Gilbert

The Black Stage by Anthony Gilbert (Collins, 1945) is the 16th book about the redoubtable solicitor turned detective Arthur Crook. Published as Murder Cheats the Bride in the U.S., it is set immediately after the end of World War II with all of the characters...