Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Case of the Leaning Man by Christopher Bush
Christopher Bush (1885-1973) is another prolific writer of the Golden Age who faded from view in the past 50 years. Why his books have not been reprinted while his contemporaries have been is a mystery in itself. Through the assiduous efforts of Dean Street Press, his...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder of Lydia by Joan A. Cowdroy
Joan A. Cowdroy (1884-1946) was an early 20th century English author who started writing general fiction and then discovered her talents for developing mysteries. Her first series detective was Chief Inspector John Gorham of Scotland Yard and then she created Li Moh,...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Minute for Murder by Nicholas Blake
First, I have to say this is not really a forgotten book. It’s been in print one way or another ever since it was published more than 70 years ago. I read Minute for Murder by Nicholas Blake (Collins, 1947) over the weekend. It is the eighth Nigel Strangeways and the...