Copper Gold by Pauline Glen Winslow
The backs of dust jackets on older books are often filled with blurbs about the book in hand or the author’s earlier works but sometimes, especially the dust jackets of first editions or debut works, advertise the publisher’s other authors in that genre. It’s a great...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Threepence to Marble Arch by Paul McGuire
Dominic Mary Paul McGuire (1903–1978) was an Australian author, Catholic activist, and diplomat, writing mostly poetry and nonfiction and for a few years crime fiction. His 16 mysteries were all published between 1931 and 1940, after which he pursued less frivolous...
And Did Murder Him by Peter Turnbull
Peter Turnbull used his certificate in social work in Glasgow for years before returning to Yorkshire, where he was born, to take up full-time writing. His crime fiction series includes one set in Yorkshire, one set in London, and one set in Glasgow. His Glasgow books...