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...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death of a Bovver Boy by Leo Bruce
Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903-1979) began his long literary career early, publishing a volume of poetry at age 19. He wrote a number of biographies and screenplays and literary fiction under his name and used the name Leo Bruce for his crime fiction. In addition to...