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Friday’s Forgotten Book: Triple Play by Elizabeth Gunn
I was sad to learn this week that Elizabeth Gunn, author of one of my all-time favorite mystery series, died on 30 August at the age of 95. Gunn led an eventful life, managing an inn with her husband in Montana and then traveling extensively. She had a private...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Defense Does Not Rest by Edna Sherry
Stark House kindly sent me an advance copy of their new reprint of two books by Edna Sherry (1885–1967), to be released in October. After writing serials and short stories for pulp magazines and collaborating on a play, Sherry turned to novels. Her first book...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The House of Godwinsson by E. R. Punshon
The House of Godwinsson (Gollancz, 1948; Dean Street Press, 2016) is the 25th book about policeman Bobby Owen written by Ernest Robertson Punshon (1872-1956). Through his long career Owen worked in London and in a more rural part of the country, gradually climbing...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Keep Away from Water by Alice Campbell
Alice Ormond Campbell (1887-1955) was an Atlanta native. She was an expatriate, living in France for many years and setting several of her books there. Dean Street Press reissued the first 10 volumes of her crime fiction earlier this year. While DSP states she...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Overdue for Death by Z. H. Ross
Zola Helen Girdey Ross (1912 –1989) taught writing at the University of Washington and the Lake Washington schools in Kirkland, Washington. She wrote Western historicals, children's fiction, and crime novels. Her mysteries were published under Z. H....
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Lake of Fury by Robert MacLeod
William Knox (1928 – 1999) was a Glasgow journalist, television broadcaster, and author. He began writing crime fiction in the 1950s and published over 50 books. He released his 24 books about Colin Thane and Phil Moss, Glasgow Crime Squad officers, between...
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who still reads at every opportunity and loves to talk about what she is reading.