Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Mystery at Orchard House by Joan Coggin
Joan Coggin (1898–1980) is another of those Golden Age authors who had a relatively brief writing career, about 14 years. She published a story for girls in 1935 under the name Joanna Lloyd and then published five more young adult books and four detective stories...
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....