Friday’s Forgotten Book: I Want to Go Home by Frances and Richard Lockridge
Crippen & Landru’s recent release of a collection of short fiction by Richard and Frances Lockridge reminded me that I had not looked at any of their books for awhile. Frances Davis Lockridge (1896-1963) and Richard Lockridge (1899-1982) were journalists known...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham
It has been a full couple of weeks and I have fallen back on some old favorites for my night reading. It is always a pleasure to visit Albert Campion and his 1930s milieu exquisitely rendered by Margery Allingham (1904-1966). Like the classic poem 221B written by...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder a la Mode by Eleanore Kelly Sellars
Eleanore Kelly Sellars (1903-1972) is another author who dabbled briefly in mysteries and then moved on to other pursuits. Her sole contribution to the genre is an energetic glimpse into life in an exclusive Fifth Avenue department store including all the work needed...