Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Dark Angel by James Ronald

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...
The Big Killing by Annette Meyers

The Big Killing by Annette Meyers

Annette Meyers was assistant to Broadway producer-director Harold Prince for sixteen years, and then she was an executive search and management consultant on Wall Street for as long. With her husband Martin Meyers she wrote a series of historical mysteries about the...
Death of an Old Girl by Elizabeth Lemarchand

Death of an Old Girl by Elizabeth Lemarchand

Elizabeth Lemarchand (1906-2000) was a teacher in girls’ schools, becoming headmistress before her early retirement due to illness. She took up writing short stories and then detective novels, basing her style on the Golden Age mysteries she admired. She published 17...