Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay
After reading another Golden Age mystery set at a university recently, I re-visited Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay (1894-1979). Originally published in 1935 by Skeffington & Sons, the same year as Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers, also set at Oxford,...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Dead for a Ducat by Simon Shaw
Simon Shaw is an actor turned author and journalist. After a dozen or so years in theater, he released his first book about Philip Fletcher, an aging thespian convinced of his consummate acting prowess and disgusted with producers that overlook him. He helped his...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Gold Skull Murders by Frank L. Packard
Frank Lucius Packard (1877–1942) was a Canadian novelist who first worked as a civil engineer on the Canadian Pacific Railway, an experience that gave him plenty of material when he turned to writing. His most famous creation was an early superhero, Jimmie...