Friday’s Forgotten Book: Lady in Lilac by Susannah Shane
Harriette Ashbrook (1898-1946) was a journalist and author from the Midwest, born in Kansas. She was a newspaper reporter for the Lincoln Journal before joining Harper’s as a publicist. From there she became the publicity director for the Coward-McCann Publishing...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Black Wings by Moray Dalton
Moray Dalton was the pen name of Katherine Mary Deville Dalton (1881-1963), who wrote two romances and then turned to creating crime. Her first mystery was released in 1924 and it was succeeded by 28 more, the last one in 1951. Most of the books featured Scotland Yard...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Black Is the Fashion for Dying by Jonathan Latimer
Jonathan Wyatt Latimer (1906–1983) was an American crime fiction writer known for his novels and screenplays. Before becoming an author, Latimer was a journalist in Chicago. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. After...