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Friday’s Forgotten Book: A Perfect Match by Jill McGown

Friday’s Forgotten Book: A Perfect Match by Jill McGown

by | Aug 9, 2019

Jill McGown was born 9 August 1947 in Campbeltown, Scotland, and died 6 April 2007 in Kettering, about 70 miles north of London.  She wrote 18 novels, 13 of which featured the adventures of Detective Inspector David Lloyd and Detective Sergeant Judy Hill of...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Safe Secret by Harry Carmichael

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Safe Secret by Harry Carmichael

by | Aug 2, 2019

Leopold Horace Ognall (1908 – 1979) wrote nearly 100 novels under the names Hartley Howard and Harry Carmichael. He was born in Montreal and worked as a journalist before starting a career in fiction. He published a lengthy series...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Out of the Past by Patricia Wentworth

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Out of the Past by Patricia Wentworth

by | Jul 26, 2019

Out of the Past by Patricia Wentworth (Lippincott, 1953) is the 23rd Miss Silver mystery and a surprisingly dark one it is. I didn’t know it was possible. Nearly every single character has something to hide, which is certainly unusual for this series. And the victim...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Shape of Fear by Hugh Pentecost

Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Shape of Fear by Hugh Pentecost

by | Jul 19, 2019

Currently investigating the Pierre Chambrun series by Hugh Pentecost. How have I missed these books? I vaguely recall reading some of the Julian Quist stories by Pentecost but have no memory of this series set in the luxury Hotel Beaumont in New York City. Pentecost...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Funeral of Figaro by Ellis Peters

Friday’s Forgotten Book: Funeral of Figaro by Ellis Peters

by | Jul 12, 2019

I am always a pushover for mysteries set in the theatre, and here’s another one. Funeral of Figaro by Ellis Peters (Morrow, 1964) is one of the few nonseries books released by Peters, best known for her Brother Cadfael historical mysteries. It is built around the...