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Friday’s Forgotten Book: Death in the Dentist’s Chair by Molly Thynne
Death in the Dentist’s Chair is one of only six mysteries written by Molly Thynne and the second of three with the intriguing Dr. Constantine, a socialite and chess master. Originally published in 1932 by Hutchinson & Co, this Golden Age classic was re-issued...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Silver Horseshoe by Gerald Verner
Gerald Verner was one of the many pen names used by John Robert Stuart Pringle (1897-1980). Other pseudonyms were Thane Leslie, Derwent Steele, Donald Stuart, and Nigel Vane. Donald Stuart was the name he used initially, writing 44 stories for the Sexton Blake...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: A Wreath for the Bride by Maria Lang
Kate Jackson drew my attention to Maria Lang (1914-1991) a few weeks ago in her review of No More Murders!, one of three Lang books translated into English. See...
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller
Marcia Muller released her 35th book about Sharon McCone in 2018. Sharon is one of the earliest contemporary female private investigators I could find. Of course there was Miss Silver who first appeared in the late 1920s and Honey West, who was a caricature of...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Murders in Volume 2 by Elizabeth Daly
Elizabeth Daly (1879-1967) published her first mystery in 1940 and released 15 more in quick succession, the last one in 1951. Mystery Writers of America referred to her as "the grande dame of women mystery writers" when awarding her a "Special Edgar" in...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Number Seventeen by Louis Tracy
Louis Tracy (1863-1928) was an inventive and versatile English author. From the Golden Age Detection Wiki: “….journalist and author of science fiction, adventure, crime and some supernatural fiction. His best-known detectives are the Scotland Yard team of...
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who still reads at every opportunity and loves to talk about what she is reading.