Friday’s Forgotten Book: Nobody’s Perfect by Douglas Clark
The name of Douglas Clark (1919-1993) cropped up in an online classic mystery discussion group recently as an example of a more contemporary author who wrote traditional detective stories in line with Golden Age mystery parameters. I looked him up and learned that...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla by Stuart Palmer
Charles Stuart Palmer (1905-1968) wrote 14 books and multiple short stories about retired schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Oscar Piper of the New York Police Department, starting in 1931. Withers turned out to be quite popular with the public and several...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder in Blue by Clifford Witting
Clifford Witting (1907-1968) was an English crime fiction writer. He worked as a clerk in Lloyds Bank from 1924 to 1942 and served in the Royal Artillery and the Ordinance Corps during World War II. His experiences then informed some of the 16 mysteries that he...