Friday’s Forgotten Book: Killed by Scandal by Simon Nash
Simon Nash was the pseudonym used by Raymond Chapman (1924-2013), Professor of English at London University and an Anglican priest. He published five mysteries with Adam Ludlow, also a Professor of English at London University, as an amateur detective who works with...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Bellamy Trial by Frances Noyes Hart
Frances Newbold Noyes Hart (1890-1943) mostly wrote short stories for Scribner’s magazine, the Saturday Evening Post, and the Ladies’ Home Journal, although sometimes she branched out into longer fiction. Her first book The Bellamy Trial (Doubleday, Doran,...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Our Second Murder by Torrey Chanslor
Torrey Chanslor was the pen name of Marjorie Torrey (1899-195?), a well-known illustrator of children’s books in the mid-1900s. Torrey received two Caldecott Honors for her work in 1946 and 1947. She also wrote a few books for children and two adult mysteries, the...