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Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Emperor’s Snuffbox by John Dickson Carr
The Emperor’s Snuffbox by John Dickson Carr (Harper, 1942) is a dazzling display of plotting pyrotechnics. No locked room but a puzzle so tightly woven I had to read the explication twice before I fully understood all of the moving parts. Eve Neill has finally...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: She Came Back by Patricia Wentworth
She Came Back by Patricia Wentworth (J.B. Lippincott, 1945) is the ninth mystery featuring Miss Silver, former governess and now modestly successful private investigator. The family of Lady Anne Jocelyn is stunned when Anne appears unexpectedly in her country home,...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Corpses in Enderby by George Bellairs
George Bellairs is a byword in the world of classic British crime fiction. The pseudonym of Harold Blundell (1902-1982), a Manchester bank manager as well as a freelance journalist, he published 57 popular classic police procedural mysteries featuring Inspector...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Through the Wall by Patricia Wentworth
Through the Wall by Patricia Wentworth (Lippincott, 1950) is the 17th (according to www.stopyourekillingme.com and Wikipedia) or 19th (Amazon and GoodReads) mystery featuring Miss Maud Silver, former governess and current successful private investigator. While...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Hunt with the Hounds by Mignon G. Eberhart
Mignon G. Eberhart, 1899-1996, was a prolific author of mysteries and romantic suspense. Her long career began in 1929 with a mystery featuring Sara/Sally Keate, a nurse in New York, who was Eberhart’s only series character. Keate featured in seven books. The...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth
The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth (Viking, 1974) is the third of 18 thrillers from this reliable author of political intrigue and quite possibly my favorite. It is easy to forget about Forsyth’s earlier books because his stories are always set in the present or...
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who still reads at every opportunity and loves to talk about what she is reading.