Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Worm of Death by Nicholas Blake

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Worm of Death by Nicholas Blake

I discovered my copy of The Worm of Death (Harper, 1961) by Nicholas Blake this week and of course had to re-read it. Nicholas Blake is the pseudonym of Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), the UK Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death. While he was a distinguished academic...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham

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: Mrs. Pargeter’s Package by Simon Brett

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Mrs. Pargeter’s Package by Simon Brett

Simon Brett has been a mainstay of English crime fiction for nearly 50 years. His first book was issued in 1975. Since then he published some 70 volumes and has written for radio and television. He received the Diamond Dagger Award from The Crime Writers’ Association...