#1937 Club: Seven Mysteries

I read a number of mysteries for the 1937 Club. Here they are in no particular order: The Elephant Never Forgets by Ethel Lina White The time is the Nineteen Thirties and Anna Stephanovich finds herself in Russia just when the Stalinist purges are beginning and everybody seems to be on the edge. Anna, who …

Forgotten Books: Three Vintage Mysteries written under Pseudonyms

CASE OF THREE DETECTIVESI hadn't heard of mystery writer Leo Bruce (pseudonym of writer Rupert Croft-Cooke) till I read an extract of his at some blog (sorry can't recall the name). The passage was hilarious and made me keen to read his works, especially the one featuring Sergeant Beef, and so I started with the …