Friday’s Forgotten Book: Fen Country by Edmund Crispin

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Fen Country by Edmund Crispin

Robert Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978) who wrote crime fiction under the name Edmund Crispin and composed music under his real name is hardly a forgotten author. His literary output was small compared to some of his contemporaries, only nine novels and two volumes of...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: A Death to Remember by Roger Ormerod

Friday’s Forgotten Book: A Death to Remember by Roger Ormerod

Roger Ormerod (1920-2005) was an inventive and prolific author of crime fiction. After a career in multiple civil service positions, he took up writing and published nearly 50 books between 1974 and 1999. That’s almost two books a year. His series characters were...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Treasure by Post by David Williams

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Treasure by Post by David Williams

David Stuart Williams (1926-2003) was a successful advertising executive who began dabbling in crime fiction as a hobby before illness forced his retirement and he took up writing full time. He published 23 detective novels between 1976 and 2003, 6 about DCI...