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...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Greenmask! by Elizabeth Linington
Barbara Elizabeth Linington (1921-1988) was an inexhaustible American author who wrote under the names Elizabeth Linington, Anne Blaisdell, Lesley Egan, Egan O’Neill, and Dell Shannon. She initially wrote radio and stage dramas and then turned to historical...