Friday’s Forgotten Books: And Call it Accident and The Injured Lover by Marie Belloc Lowndes (1936)

Ruth Starling a young American girl finds herself a multi-millionaire when a distant relative dies leaving her half his fortune. Ruth who has always dreamt of becoming an actress now moves to England willing to make a career on stage, undeterred by the miserable flopping of her debut play in the States. Her lawyer puts …

The #1920 Club: From the Vast Deep by Marie Belloc Lowndes

"Ladies and gentlemen!" she cried. "This is a time of year when ghosts are said to walk. Why shouldn't we hold a séance, here and now, and call up spirits from the vasty deep?" Marie Belloc Lowndes has been a favourite of mine since I read her The Story of Ivy and so I was …

FFB: The End of Her Honeymoon by Marie Belloc Lowndes

And then Dampier turned and caught her, this time unresisting, yielding joyfully, to his breast. "Nancy?" he murmured thickly. "Nancy? I'm afraid!""Afraid?" she repeated wonderingly."Yes, horribly afraid! Pray, my pure angel, pray that the gods may indulge their cruel sport elsewhere. I haven't always been happy, Nancy."And she clung to him, full of vague, unsubstantial fears. "Don't …

February: Pick of the Month

Crime Fiction Pick of the Month is a monthly meme hosted by Mysteries in Paradise. The idea is to list your favourite crime read of the month. Well, I read three mystery books in February, all good, but my vote goes to The Story of Ivy by Belloc Lowndes, first published in 1927.

Passion and Poison: The Story of Ivy

All at once she heard sounds just behind her - the sounds made by slippered, shuffling feet.Filled with a sudden shock of sick terror, she turned slowly round to see Roger Gretorex's old charwoman, Mrs. Huntley, standing uncertainly in the middle of the room.The woman had evidently let herself in from the back alley with …

Theme Thursday: Eyes

Bev @ My Reader's Block, participates regularly in Theme Thursday meme. This time I decided to do so too.Theme Thursdays is a fun weekly event, hosted by Reading between pages, that will be open from one Thursday to the next. Anyone can participate in it. The rules are simple:A theme will be posted each week …