Friday’s Forgotten Book: Dr. Priestley Lays a Trap by John Rhode
Cecil John Charles Street (1884-1964) was an amazingly productive author of Golden Age crime fiction, writing under multiple names. As John Rhode, he created a series of about 70 books with Dr. Lancelot Priestley, Inspector Hanslet, and Inspector Jimmy Waghorn,...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Suicide Season by Rex Burns
Between 1975 and 1997 Rex Burns released about a dozen fine police procedurals set in Denver, Colorado, with homicide detective Gabe Wager as the protagonist. The first one in the series, The Alvarez Journal, was shortlisted for the Edgar for Best First Novel in 1976....
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Lady to Kill by Lester Dent
Lester Dent (1904-1959) was a wildly successful pulp writer, writing 165 full-length stories between 1933 and 1949 about Doc Savage, a crime fighter who was intrigued by technology, as was Dent himself. In addition, he wrote nonfiction, novels, short stories, and...