Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Octagon Crystal by Pearl Foley

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Octagon Crystal by Pearl Foley

I occasionally search for Canadian mystery writers during the Golden Age and so far, Frank L. Packard (1877–1942) and Pearl Foley (1888-1953) are the only two names I have found. Foley doesn’t seem to be recognized by any crime fiction authority lists beyond Part 20...
No Dust in the Attic by Anthony Gilbert

No Dust in the Attic by Anthony Gilbert

Lucy Beatrice Malleson (1899-1973) was a British author most well known for her creation of Arthur G. Crook, an entertaining lawyer whose malleable ethics support his fervent belief that none of his clients are guilty. Crook had some 50 adventures published under the...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder Gone Minoan by Clyde B. Clason

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder Gone Minoan by Clyde B. Clason

Clyde Burt Clason (1903-1987) was born in Denver, Colorado, where he graduated from the University of Denver and then worked in Chicago as an advertising copywriter and a trade newsletter editor. He published 10 mysteries between 1936 and 1941, all featuring elderly...
Guilt by John Lescroart

Guilt by John Lescroart

My recent trip to San Francisco included a visit to the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley where some of the jewels of the California Detective Fiction collection were on display, including the papers of legal thriller author John Lescroart. Lescroart is among my...