Category Archives: Friday Forgotten Book

Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers, 1928, New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928 hardcover. My copy: Avenel Books omnibus edition, 1988 This is the third of the five Charlie Chan novels Biggers wrote, and the third I’ve read, because, you see, I’m reading … Continue reading →

this is the 165th in my series on forgotten or seldom read books Cons, Scams And Grifts by Joe Gores, Mysterious Press (Warner), 2001, hardcover, mystery – DKA “It was Easter. From his exquisite one-story art deco building in the mid-9100 block of … Continue reading →

this is the 162nd in my series of forgotten or seldom read book posts Roman Blood by Steven Saylor, Ballantine 1993, paperback, mystery – 1st Gordianus the Finder Perhaps not forgotten, but worthy of renewed attention, this is the first of the acclaimed … Continue reading →

this is the 158th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Ill Wind by Nevada Barr, Avon Books, 1995 – paperback, mystery – 3rd Anna Pigeon “No Graveyards; that bothered Anna. People died. Unless you ate them, burned them or mailed … Continue reading →

this is the 157th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Seventh Sacrament by James Bradberry, St. Martin’s Press, 1994 – hardcover, mystery, architect Jamie Ramsgill, first in series “A light rain drifted out of the sky as the plane touched … Continue reading →

this is the 156th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Dragon of Lung Wang by Marion Harvey (Edward J. Clode), 1928 hardcover, mystery “The taxi slipped like a silvern beast along the pathway of it’s lamps. Within, David … Continue reading →

this is my 900th post, and the 155th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Our Jubilee Is Death by Leo Bruce © 1959, this edition Academy Chicago Publishers, 1986 paperback, mystery – featuring Carolus Deene Carolus Deene receives a letter … Continue reading →

this is the 154th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter, Ballantine (Ivy), 1991, paperback, mystery, police procedural – Inspector Morse This is Inspector Morse’s ninth outing, if I have the count right, … Continue reading →

this is the 153rd in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Stakeout On Page Street by Joe Gores Crippen & Landru, 2000 hardcover, mystery – short stories – DKA I like Gores’ DKA [Daniel Kearny Associates] novels a lot and … Continue reading →

this is the 152nd in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Rocket to the Morgue  Anthony Boucher – first published as by H.H. Holmes, Dell – 1942 – paperback mystery novel (newer edition shown) “Leona Marshall stretched her long legs out on … Continue reading →

this is the 151st in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Doomsters by Ross Macdonald, 1958 Not too long ago, for a single-author Friday Forgotten Book post, I read Macdonald’s The Zebra-Striped Hearse, which I liked quite a lot. … Continue reading →

this is the 149th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books The Lady in the Morgue by Jonathan Latimer © 1936, Crime Club Inc, Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1936 hardcover, mystery – private detective I’ve had this – the edition on … Continue reading →