Friday’s Forgotten Book: Forget My Fate by Ruth Sawtell Wallis
Ruth Otis Sawtell Wallis (1895-1978) was a physical anthropologist with advanced degrees who contributed significantly to her field, publishing multiple books and articles. During the war and just after, from 1943 to 1950, she also produced five detective novels. Her...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Templeton Case by Victor L. Whitechurch
Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch (1868-1933) took holy orders after university and had a long career in the church. He wrote 24 books, including an autobiography. He developed an interest in mysteries, first writing short stories featuring a railway detective named...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death Beats the Band by Ida Shurman
Death Beats the Band (Phoenix Press Publishers, 1943; Coachwhip, 2020) seems to have been the only book that Ida Shurman (1916-1997) wrote. She was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and spent most of her career working in the sociology field with her husband...