Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder on “B” Deck by Vincent Starrett
Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (1886-1974) was born in Canada and was educated in Chicago. He became a reporter and war correspondent in WW1. He was an editor and writing teacher; he reviewed books for the Chicago Tribune for over thirty years. Mostly...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom by Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) does not need an introduction. However, just in case, he was an attorney who didn’t care for the practice of law. He started writing pulp fiction in the 1920s so that he could leave the law as a profession behind. The general public...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Pigeon Blood Rubies by M. McDonnell Bodkin
Matthias McDonnell Bodkin (1850-1933) was an Irish politician, newspaper editor, barrister later appointed County Court Judge for County Clare, and member of the Irish parliament. He wrote in multiple genres and in 1897 created the detective Paul Beck, who...