Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death Down East by Eleanor Blake
Death Down East by U. S. author Eleanor Blake (1899-1952) was first published by Putnam in 1940; reissued by Penguin in 1945, and reprinted again by Coachwhip in 2022. It’s a highly readable story narrated by Kathie Edwards, the youngest of the in-crowd in Sidley’s...
The Empty Beach by Peter Corris
Peter Robert Corris (1942-2018) was an Australian academic, historian, journalist, and novelist. He received a Ph.D. in history from the Australian National University and then became a lecturer, literary editor of the National Times, and wrote multiple historical...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Ghost of the Hardy Boys by Leslie McFarlane
This week’s forgotten book is essential for anyone who has ever read one of the Hardy Boys books by Franklin W. Dixon. My thanks to David C. Tucker, https://davidctucker.blogspot.com/, for drawing my attention to it. I found it a mesmerizing read. The true authors of...