Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder at the WPA by Alexander Williams
Alexander Hazard Williams (1894-1952) was born in Washington, DC, attended Georgetown University in his hometown, served in the Army and then in the Air Corps. He worked as a newspaper correspondent, among other things, and became an executive in the Works Progress...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder at Cambridge by Q. Patrick
Q. Patrick was the pseudonym of Richard Wilson Webb (1901-1966), who also published under the names Patrick Quentin and Jonathan Stagge. Webb wrote some books alone and then with Martha Mott Kelly under the name Q. Patrick for a few years before Webb teamed up with...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Case of the Terrified Typist by Erle Stanley Gardner
With so many reviews of Perry Mason mysteries popping up, I went back to one of my favorite titles in the series by Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970). Not his best written nor his strongest characters, I loved The Case of the Terrified Typist (Morrow, 1956) for its...