Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Black Camel by Earl Derr Biggers

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Black Camel by Earl Derr Biggers

The Black Camel (Grosset & Dunlap, 1929) by Earl Derr Biggers is the fourth of six mysteries Biggers wrote about Honolulu police officer Charlie Chan, a Chinese-American with eleven Americanized children. Inspector Chan’s appearances in a series of not...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Student Body by Nigel FitzGerald

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Student Body by Nigel FitzGerald

Nigel FitzGerald (1906-1981) was an Irish actor who starred in detective films and served as president of the Irish Actor’s Equity Association for a time. He wrote a dozen mysteries between 1953 and 1967, all published by Collins. Only half of them were also released...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: An Abuse of Justice by Roger Parkes

Friday’s Forgotten Book: An Abuse of Justice by Roger Parkes

I think I have someone in the UK Crime Book Club on Facebook to thank for mentioning Roger Parkes (1933-2008), who was a British screenwriter and a novelist. Primarily known for his work on British television, he also turned out about a dozen novels. The Dark Number...