Pretty Sinister Books

Part of discovering so-called forgotten writers and their books is that the discovery is actually more of a recovery. These books already ex...

There is nothing more upsetting than falling for the hype on a book jacket.  The Swan Island Murders (1930) with its striking Art Deco influ...

THE STORY:   Liz & Bob Macklin purchase an old home in Marshall, Massachusetts and begin an extensive rehab project transforming the glo...

Jeremiah X. Gibson, Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, is accompanied by his colleague from the D.A.'s office known only as ...

"Cars, Siddons, cars! The place bristles with 'em. A Morris Oxford, an M.G., and two Rolls-Royces. The solution to this problem is ...

Don't be fooled by the title or the odd illustrations on the DJs of Two Lovers Too Many (1949). It may seem like a melodramatic hospita...

THE STORY:  During the filming of Tempest , a crime movie about a gentleman thief, the actor playing the thief is found stabbed behind a bit...

A dead body in a locked room, a house surrounded by undisturbed snow, all suspects have an alibi but one and yet it seems that one person co...

First mystery novels can be fascinating. What does the writer want to try out as an entry point into the world of the whodunit? Will it be...

Victor Whitechurch is best known for his short story collection Thrilling Stories of the Railway with his vegetarian detective Thorpe Hazel...

Elma K. Lobaugh's first mystery She Never Reached the Top (1945) was lauded by the editorial team at Doubleday Doran's "Crime ...