Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Devil in the Bush by Matthew Head

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Devil in the Bush by Matthew Head

One of the most intriguing aspects of Golden Age and mid-20th century authors is their almost endless versatility. So many of them seem to toss off a few mystery novels as a diversion from their real lives, which have nothing to do with writing. Ellen Wilkinson wrote...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death on the Agenda by Patricia Moyes

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death on the Agenda by Patricia Moyes

I am continuing to indulge in the ebook releases of the fabulous Inspector Henry Tibbett series. The third book, Death on the Agenda by Patricia Moyes (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962), finds Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett emulating his globe-trotting creator and...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Odds-On Murder by Jack Dolph

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Odds-On Murder by Jack Dolph

Jack Dolph is the pseudonym of John Mather Dolph (1895-1962). He was a race horse trainer, an American writer of pulp crime novels, radio producer, television scriptwriter, and actor. He published five mysteries between 1948 and 1953, mostly about horseracing, then...