Friday’s Forgotten Book: Whiskey River by Loren Estleman
Loren D. Estleman is a literary treasure that no one seems to talk about much. He has been steadily producing one book after another for over 40 years. Author of crime fiction and Westerns as well as nonfiction, the list of his works on Wikipedia is likely incomplete...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Neat Little Corpse by Max Murray
Maxwell Alexander Murray (1901-1956) was born in Australia and died there. Early in his career he decided to work his way around the world and stayed in the U.S. laboring in lumber camps, freight yards, and a tugboat for several years. He became a foreign...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson (William Morrow, 1945) is the 16th appearance of Sir Henry Merivale, man of many talents including physician and barrister. He encounters Lady Helen Loring at a hotel in Cairo where he is staying supposedly for his...