Donald Clough Cameron (1905-1954) skipped college and jumped into the newspaper field at the age of seventeen (as a crime reporter for the Detroit Free Press), before becoming a freelance writer in the 1930s. He wrote short stories, comic book stories (he co-wrote the story that introduced Alfred as Bruce Wayne’s butler), and six detective novels before he died of cancer.
Murder's Coming / Grave Without Grass
This volume collects the first two Abelard Voss mysteries. Lanky criminologist Abelard Voss prefers to study the roots of crime, but to pay the bills he consults as a detective. In Murder's Coming, a prophetic editorial in a small mill-town's newspaper suggests that murder is in the air, and a body in the river is found as Voss arrives. With the mill owner fighting off the attention of a union organizer, and a killer on the loose, Voss has his hands full. In Grave Without Grass, an anonymous note requests Voss to look into an old death, claiming that someone's life is at stake. This bears out, and a killer has more than one victim in mind . . .
Bernard Edward Joseph Capes (1854-1918) was a prolific English author who wrote over forty books and numerous articles. His fiction included romances, mysteries, and ghost stories.
Twists and Turns
Bernard Capes is not well known today, but he does have several supernatural tales that are sometimes anthologized. Fewer readers today have read his non-speculative fiction, which is a shame.
This collection of 24 stories delves into his tales of mystery, adventure, and humor. There is a cryptography story, a tale of the Peninsular War, tales of murder and con men, and much more.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English author, philosopher, critic, and theologian. He created the series detective Father Brown in 1910.
The Early Father Brown
Only Sherlock Holmes has had greater impact in detective fiction than G. K. Chesterton's modest but insightful Father Brown. Rather than chasing clues with his deductive skills, Father Brown uses his knowledge of the evil at the heart of man to determine the wrongs that have been done.
This volume includes the first two collections: The Innocence of Father Brown, and The Wisdom of Father Brown. It also includes the two-part Donnington Affair, co-written with Max Pemberton.
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J. Storer Clouston
Joseph Storer Clouston (1870-1944) was a Scottish author and historian. He wrote several popular novels, including The Lunatic at Large.
The Casebook of Mr. Carrington: Simon / Carrington's Cases
Simon (published in 1919) involves the murder of a well-respected man, introducing the detective Mr. Carrington, who must remove the shadow of guilt that could end a romance.
Following this novel, Clouston wrote a series of short stories (Carrington's Cases, from 1920) featuring this detective. One story is of Sherlockian interest, being his meeting with Dr. Watson.
Jack Randall Crawford (1878-1968) was professor of English at Yale University from 1909-1946. His writings included plays, novels, and literary criticism.
The Philosopher's Murder Case
Robert Cornua is a philosopher of human nature, working on his magnum opus, when his goddaughter Julia arrives breathlessly with the news that her genial philanthropist uncle, Cornua’s best friend, has been murdered—and Julia herself is likely to be the prime suspect! Cornua quickly becomes embroiled in trying to find the murderer but finds himself at odds with the police and criminal gangs. Questions abound: Who is the murderer? What are the gangs after? Can an absent-minded philosopher be an effective amateur detective? Who wins Julia’s heart?
Joseph Csida (1912-1996) was an author, musician, personal manager, and editor of Billboard, among other pursuits in the recording and entertainment industries. He wrote one mystery novel.
Crime is of the Essence
The ubiquitous Mr. Tinney proves himself as adept at solving a murder as in giving advice to his millions of radio listeners. So strong is his nose for following a murder trail that he entirely forgets his radio listeners and Wakely’s Soapchips, his sponsor—much to the discomfiture of his assistant, Shelley, who sees his chances of a small fortune fade into the distance while Mr. Tinney goes his merry way. For the clues in the murder of private detective Noel Landry—the perfumed notes and the compromising picture of Carol Wills—set Mr. Tinney’s nostrils to quivering like a bird dog’s on a hot scent. And the strange odor on the notes—the odor of love that has turned to hate—leads him into a mystery as bizarre and thrilling as any he has ever followed.
