He wrote the novel which became the classic movie THE OLD DARK HOUSE (and various other versions of it). The book is called BENIGHTED. He also wrote the...
I am a dedicated crime fiction reader. I guess I love the comforting format and the closure that crime fiction brings. But, although it's a long time ago I...
Aaron Marc Stein was a prolific mystery novelist, publishing books under several names. As "George Bagby", he wrote a series about Inspector Schmidt, a New...
It's been nearly 10 years since I first published Who Was That Lady?: Craig Rice, Queen of the Screwball Mystery. It's hard to believe. So many people have...
FYI, my GAD era mystery Sheer Folly has just come out in paperback. Carola<http://CarolaDunn.Weebly.com> & Facebook Cornish Mysteries: MANNA FROM HADES, A...
Hi, Thanks for the comments, because I know  very little on writers like Burton, and I read about them through groups like this, when I look up on the...
I have read a good many of Priestley's plays and a few of them I'd call mysteries. "An Inspector Calls" is his most famous play. "Dangerous Corner" was his...
I believe I have this book at home ... if you'd like (and if I do have it), I would lend it to you for two months in exchange for the cost of postage only. ......
Here's the full link for Part Two (I hope): http://stkarnick.com/culture/2011/03/03/the-british-golden-age-of-detection's-deposed-crime-kings-part-2-of-2/ Curt...
Looks like the ' in the link to part 2 is messing it up. Oh, well, if you take the link to part 1 over there I'm sure you can find part 2 (if you are still...
That is extremely kind of you. Following a suggestion from another member, however, I requested the book through interlibrary loan and have just received it!...
Excellent articles, Curt. While I have a fairly good collection of some of those neglected authors, I believe I have only one Street/Rhode in my collection...
Interlibrary loan for me ends sometime this year. The Texas legislature is cutting funding to the libraries, so the local public libraries in my area have...
Great and insightful article, Curt! I have had the good fortune of finding several of John Rhode's books, and my impression of him has been favorable. It's a...
I just posted a review of Kelley Roos' "Ghost of a Chance," an exciting chase mystery in the tradition of Carr's "The Punch and Judy Murders" and Crispin's...
I enjoy Roos's books. Rue Morgue Press has re-issued a few of them - I'd love to see more (Ghost of a Chance is not one of them, alas!). They are great, light...
In a message dated 3/4/2011 8:31:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... That sounds like the Edward G. Robinson movie, "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" but that was...
Thanks, Xavier, and thanks for the kind comments on your blog. I suppose I can be accused of a bit of special pleading, but I think I'm correct in believing...
Allen, I'm trying to get it worked out between Ramble House and the heirs to the Street literary estate to get some of the Rhode and Burton works reprinted....
Geat analysis, Curt! When do you plan to publish your book about the Golden Age writers? I think - not only I, I'm sure - that it is a much needed book. Mauro ...
Thanks, Les, I always enjoy your website and I admire your persistent effort to cover a broad range of writers. However, I see my call for fuller historical...
Thanks, Mauro! Well, that is a question. The question of when depends to some extent on the academic publishers. Though a small specialist publisher has...
Is McFarland a possibility? They publish books on obscure topics, by independent scholars, and their books do get into academic libraries as well as into the...
Curt, what you say is a clear example of the declining of the publishing houses all over the world (in Italy the climate is not much different). If you write...
