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The Ringer by Dell Shannon
Barbara Elizabeth Linington (1921-1988) was an astonishingly productive American author who wrote under the names Elizabeth Linington, Anne Blaisdell, Lesley Egan, Egan O'Neill, and Dell Shannon. She initially wrote radio and stage dramas and then turned to...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Footsteps That Stopped by A. Fielding
Some two dozen mysteries were published under the name Archibald Fielding or A. Fielding or A. E. Fielding between 1924 and 1944. They are attributed to Dorothy Feilding (sic) about whom little is known, not even her year of birth apparently. The Golden Age of...
Another Reprint Recommendation: I Start Counting By Audrey Erskine Lindop
As long as we are talking about crime fiction that deserves to be reprinted, I want to mention one of my enduring favorites which has been long out of print. There is one first edition copy on eBay for $476 in the UK. ABE Books has one first edition for $217 in...
Nomination for Classic Crime Reprints
Kate Jackson of Cross Examining Crime is asking for suggestions for what out-of-print classic crime novel should be reprinted next. See the original discussion here:...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murder with Relish by Guy Cullingford
Constance Lindsay Dowdy Taylor (1907-2000) began publishing stories, poems, and articles for periodicals in 1928. Her marriage put her writing career on hold for several years. In 1948 her first detective novel, Murder with Relish, was published by Skeffington...
Wax Flowers for Gloria by Pat Flower
Patricia Mary (Pat) Flower (1914–1977) was born in England and moved to Australia with her family when she was 14. She worked in an office and wrote radio plays and sketches during the 1940s. In the 1950s she began writing crime fiction. Her first five books were...
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who still reads at every opportunity and loves to talk about what she is reading.