It has been a full couple of weeks and I have fallen back on some old favorites for my night reading. It is always a pleasure to visit Albert Campion and his 1930s milieu exquisitely rendered by Margery Allingham (1904-1966). Like the classic poem 221B written by...
Eleanore Kelly Sellars (1903-1972) is another author who dabbled briefly in mysteries and then moved on to other pursuits. Her sole contribution to the genre is an energetic glimpse into life in an exclusive Fifth Avenue department store including all the work needed...
Simon Brett has been a mainstay of English crime fiction for nearly 50 years. His first book was issued in 1975. Since then he published some 70 volumes and has written for radio and television. He received the Diamond Dagger Award from The Crime Writers’ Association...
While nothing by Agatha Christie is truly forgotten, Cat Among the Pigeons (Collins, 1959) is one of her lesser known works. One of Hercule Poirot’s later adventures, the great man barely makes an entrance before the end. The mystery is not as well constructed as some...
Ruth Burr Sanborn (1894-1942) was an industrious author during her short life, producing short stories, novels, and book reviews. Her papers are held in the Harvard Library archives, which offers the following biography: “Ruth Burr Sanborn, author, was born in...
