Deputy Chief Crighton is a worried man. He had been called by publisher Jefferson Judd earlier in the day. Judd told him that his estranged wife, Cora, had visited him the previous night and demanded money from him. On Judd's refusal (he feels that she would spend it on her drug addiction), she had threatened … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Follow this Fair Corpse by Laurence Dwight Smith (1941)
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Three Disappointing Vintage Mysteries
Here are short notes on three mysteries read this year which began well but ultimately turned out to be disappointing. The Creaking Chair by Laurence Meynell (1941) My first disappointment by Laurence Meynell . Barbara's marriage with Captain Gerald Gale is falling apart. Once a handsome soldier, Gerald has slowly become an alcoholic who has … Continue reading Three Disappointing Vintage Mysteries
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Miss Milverton by Anne Hocking (1941)
In 2021 I read a book called Death at the Wedding by a new-to-me author, Anne Hocking. I was not impressed by the book but did not want to dismiss the author after just one read. Visitor to the blog Ronald Smyth recommended the author's Miss Milverton, a book which incidentally I had seen in … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Miss Milverton by Anne Hocking (1941)
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Speak No Evil by Mignon G. Eberhart (1941)
There are certain books that begin extremely well but end on a most disappointing note. Today's book is one such. Elizabeth Daikin, an heiress, finds herself at a loss after the death of her widower father. She suspects that Dyke Sanderson, a young, handsome man she is love with is actually after her money. She … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Speak No Evil by Mignon G. Eberhart (1941)
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Public Ghost Number One by Andrew Soutar (1941)
A few years ago, I read a book titled The Hanging Sword by Andrew Soutar. Both the title and the author were new to me but I picked it up because the blurb mentioned it as a locked-room mystery. The dead body of a woman was discovered in a locked room but the solution was … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Public Ghost Number One by Andrew Soutar (1941)
Two Books by Clifford Witting : Measure for Murder by (1941) and Subject-Murder (1945)
For years, I had been searching for books by British writer, Clifford Witting. This year finally I was able to read two of his books. I suppose, he said over his shoulder, we all have our own particular hell. Measure for Murder can be called a theatrical mystery because Shakespeare's Measure for Measure is being … Continue reading Two Books by Clifford Witting : Measure for Murder by (1941) and Subject-Murder (1945)
Two Mysteries by John Rhode: Death on Sunday (1939) and Death at the Helm (1941)
After reading three mysteries by Miles Burton recently, I was able to borrow two mysteries of Cecil John Street's other nom de plume, John Rhode. Death on a Sunday begins in Barleyfield Park, a rather upper-class boarding house that caters to the respectable gentry. There are people who have been knighted, reverends, widows with money... … Continue reading Two Mysteries by John Rhode: Death on Sunday (1939) and Death at the Helm (1941)
Two Books by Belton Cobb
Author Belton Cobb had been on my reading radar since I read this post @ Pretty Sinister Books. Though I didn't get the book that John has praised so handsomely, recently I was able to borrow two other mysteries by him. Inspector Burmann's Black Out "You may know, Inspector- but I don't - that you … Continue reading Two Books by Belton Cobb
Three Mysteries by Miles Burton
Miles Burton has been more miss than hit with me yet when I see his books I usually borrow them. Recently, I was lucky to find three of his lesser-known titles. Where is Barbara Prentice? When a police officer finds part of a fur coat wrapped around the buffer of an engine, he is bewildered … Continue reading Three Mysteries by Miles Burton
Friday’s Forgotten Book: Time for a Murder by Gilbert Coverack (1941)
Sonia Caffyn is visited one day by an old man, Micah Vickery, who was in love with her grandmother years ago. A lover's tiff had seen the two (Micah and Sonia's grandmother, Margaret) drifting apart and Margaret marrying somebody else. Micah has never forgotten her, however, and now in his old age, he wants all … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Time for a Murder by Gilbert Coverack (1941)
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