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Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Tunnel Mystery by J. C. Lenehan
John Christopher Lenehan (1889-1943) was born in County Longford, Ireland, and took up writing crime fiction while teaching. A detailed biography of Lenehan and an analysis of his work can be found on the Promoting Crime blog here:...
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David Williams (1926-2003) was an English author who wrote two mystery series, one about London-based investment banker Mark Treasure, Chief Executive of Greenwood, Phipps, and the other about Welsh Inspector Merlin Parry. St. Martin’s Press published some of the...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death in the Fifth Position by Edgar Box
I love mysteries that involve the performing arts. The dichotomy between the action on the stage and behind the scenes is fascinating. My favorite Ngaio Marsh books are those she set in her world of theatre. I was surprised to learn recently that Gore Vidal...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Long Shadows by Carol Carnac
A well-read copy of the last book Edith Caroline Rivett (1894–1958) wrote under the name Carol Carnac came my way recently. Its price, modest relative to better preserved copies, made its acquisition a given, despite my goal to stop buying books. (Ha ha) Long...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Draycott Murder Mystery by Molly Thynne
The Draycott Murder Mystery by Mary Harriet (Molly) Thynne (1881-1950) was published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company in 1928 and reprinted by Dean Street Press in 2016 with an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. It was originally released under...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: A Flat Tyre in Fulham by Josephine Bell
Josephine Bell was the pseudonym of Doris Bell Collier Ball (1897-1987), a British doctor who began writing to produce a badly needed second income after the death of her husband. She started publishing detective novels in 1936 under her pen name, using her...
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who still reads at every opportunity and loves to talk about what she is reading.