Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Defense Does Not Rest by Edna Sherry
Stark House kindly sent me an advance copy of their new reprint of two books by Edna Sherry (1885–1967), to be released in October. After writing serials and short stories for pulp magazines and collaborating on a play, Sherry turned to novels. Her first book Sudden...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The House of Godwinsson by E. R. Punshon
The House of Godwinsson (Gollancz, 1948; Dean Street Press, 2016) is the 25th book about policeman Bobby Owen written by Ernest Robertson Punshon (1872-1956). Through his long career Owen worked in London and in a more rural part of the country, gradually climbing the...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Keep Away from Water by Alice Campbell
Alice Ormond Campbell (1887-1955) was an Atlanta native. She was an expatriate, living in France for many years and setting several of her books there. Dean Street Press reissued the first 10 volumes of her crime fiction earlier this year. While DSP states she...