Murder in MESS: The Crimson Cat by Francis Grierson (1944)

Like Cecil Freeman Gregg whom I read recently, Francis Grierson is another prolific writer who is virtually unknown today. Here is an informative post on him: https://tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2013/11/francis-d-grierson-1888-1972.html Grierson's series character, Superintendent George Muir is at the Ministry of Estimates and Social Service (MESS) when the novel opens. He is there to investigate the leaks that …

Happenings in an Inn: The Lady in No.4 by Richard Keverne (1944)

Love the cover Tired of his life in a stuffy Lawyer's office in London; Hugh Merrow, has a fall-out with his partners who buy his share in their lawyer's firm and now Merrow is free to do what he wants to with his life. Without any fixed idea in his mind, he goes to a …

Review: Vegetable Duck

Vegetable Duck by John RhodeMy rating: 3 of 5 stars SPOILERSFirst Line: At a quarter to nine in the evening of Thursday, August 31st, Mr. Charles Fransham walked hastily up to the entrance of G Block, Mundesley Mansions, Battersea, and went in. Series: Dr. Priestly # 40First Published: 1944Source: Open LibraryCan't understand how a person …

1st september: War and Crime

The second world war is generally said to have began on this date in 1939. This year I have been reading quite a few mysteries that have the war setting the context of the novel. Elizabeth Farrars' Murder Among Friends which is set in London during the time of Blitz has already been reviewed. Here …