Friday’s Forgotten Book: The House of Shade / Death in Zanzibar by M. M. Kaye
Mary Margaret Kaye (1908-2004) was born in India and lived there until she was sent to boarding school in England. She was originally an illustrator of children’s books until she decided to try a thriller. Her most famous book is The Far Pavilions, a historical novel...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Cambridge Murders by Dilwyn Rees
Dilwyn Rees is the pseudonym of Glyn Edmund Daniel (1914-1986), who was a Welsh professor of archaeology at Cambridge University. During World War II he ran a section that analyzed aerial photographs. Afterwards he edited and wrote several books in his field as well...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Crime in Corn-Weather by Mary Meigs Atwater
Mary Meigs Atwater (1878-1956) is known for her leadership in reviving interest in handweaving as a form of artistic expression. She was born and raised in Iowa and met her husband as a student in Paris. Her marriage took her throughout the American West before the...