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Friday’s Forgotten Book: One Last Hit by Nathan Walpow

Friday’s Forgotten Book: One Last Hit by Nathan Walpow

by | Nov 19, 2021

I was fortunate enough to see the Summer of Soul documentary released earlier this year, restored footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and interviews with both singers and attendees. I had forgotten about some of the bands: Sly and the Family Stone in person...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Case in the Clinic by E. C. R. Lorac

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Case in the Clinic by E. C. R. Lorac

by | Nov 12, 2021

Between 1931 and 1959 Edith Caroline Rivett (1894–1958) published more than 70 mysteries under the names E. C. R. Lorac and Carol Carnac. Nearly all of the E.C.R. Lorac titles, about 45 of them, feature Chief Inspector Robert MacDonald, a Scot on...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Weekend at Thrackley by Alan Melville

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Weekend at Thrackley by Alan Melville

by | Nov 5, 2021

Alan Melville (1910-1983) was a man of many parts, not least of which was an author. Weekend at Thrackley (Skeffington, 1934; reprinted by the British Library, 2018) was his debut mystery. In the introduction to the British Library’s release of this book, Martin...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: What Dread Hand? by Elizbeth Gill

Friday’s Forgotten Book: What Dread Hand? by Elizbeth Gill

by | Oct 29, 2021

I love mysteries set in theaters, so opened What Dread Hand? by Elizabeth Gill (Cassell & Co., 1932; reprinted by Dean Street Press, 2017) with great anticipation. Julia Dallas is the main character, a young woman newly engaged to Lord Charles Kulligrew, a...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Tipster by Gerald Verner

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Tipster by Gerald Verner

by | Oct 22, 2021

Gerald Verner (1897-1980) was born John Robert Stuart Pringle. He also wrote under the names Donald Stuart, Nigel Vane, Derwent Steele, and Thane Leslie. His literary output was prodigious: More than 120 books, many of which were adapted for films, radio, and stage...