Friday’s Forgotten Book: They Tell No Tales by Manning Coles
Manning Coles was the joint pen name used by British writers and neighbors Cyril Henry Coles (1899-1965) and Adelaide Frances Oke Manning (1891-1959). Between 1940 and 1958 they produced more than 20 lively spy stories featuring Thomas Elphinstone (Tommy) Hambledon,...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Go Down, Death by Sue Brown Hays
Sue Brown Hays (1905-?) was the descendant of several generations of Mississippi and Louisiana cotton planters. Go Down, Death, which appears to be her only book, was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1946 and by Hammond, Hammond & Company in 1948....
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Casual Slaughters by James Quince
James Quince was the pseudonym used by James Reginald Spittal (1876-1951), an English clergyman who wrote three novels in the 1930s and then went on to other pursuits. As has been noted, it is a loss for crime fiction readers that he didn’t continue writing. Based on...