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Friday’s Forgotten Book: Whose Hand? by Vernon Loder

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Whose Hand? by Vernon Loder

by | Jul 11, 2025

John George Haslette Vahey (1881–1938) was born in Belfast and was educated at Ulster, Foyle College, and Hanover. He first worked as an architect, then as an accountant, and then became a full-time writer. His novel was published in 1916 and his last in 1938,...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Up to the Hilt by Anne Rowe

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Up to the Hilt by Anne Rowe

by | Jul 4, 2025

Anne Von Meibom Rowe (1882-1961) published nine mysteries in the 1930s and 1940s and at least one short story. Hubin’s Crime Fiction IV offers the following list; note the number of publishers. One title appears to have been released in the UK but not in the United...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Deadman’s Bay by Leonard A. Knight

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Deadman’s Bay by Leonard A. Knight

by | Jun 27, 2025

Leonard Alfred Knight (1895-1977) is another of those crime fiction authors who was popular for awhile and then disappeared as reading tastes changed. Knight was born in Burpham, Sussex, on 3 January 1895. His parents were Arthur and Harriett Knight, and he had a...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Impact of Evidence by Carol Carnac

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Impact of Evidence by Carol Carnac

by | Jun 20, 2025

Perhaps of all the obscure authors brought back into the public’s eye by the British Library in its Crime Classics series, I enjoy the work of Edith Caroline Rivett (1894–1958) the most. Her 70 plus mysteries, originally published between 1931 and 1959, are immensely...
Classic Crime Fiction: A Starting Point

Classic Crime Fiction: A Starting Point

by | Jun 17, 2025

Kate Jackson, otherwise known as the Armchair Reviewer, is celebrating 10 years as a blogger this month with an intriguing competition. She asks those of us who read classic crime to recommend 10 titles for someone unfamiliar with the subgenre. See the details...