'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

Helen McCloy (1904-1994) was one of the most talented of American crime writers. I've enjoyed a number of her clever and often off-beat ...

I'm an admirer of the American writer Helen McCloy. She wrote engaging prose and was a skilled plotsmith. She also took care to vary her...

When I was working full-time as a partner in a law firm, holidays were limited, and even when I was away, it was very difficult to esca...

O ne of the joys of blogging is that it brings you into contact with many people you wouldn't otherwise get to know. I was contacted a w...

Every now and then, a publisher brings out a series of classic crime novels of the past. I can think of a few series of this kind that, much...

Regular readers of this blog will have gathered that in the past year, I've developed a real enthusiasm for the work of the American wri...

I've mentioned Helen McCloy a number of times in recent months, and I was delighted to read another of her excellent mysteries, Through ...

My Forgotten Book for today is another from that talented, and genuinely interesting, writer Helen McCloy. The Impostor was one of her last...

Elizabeth Sanxay Holding is quite a memorable name, and she was quite a memorable writer, yet she is one of many talented practitoners of th...

I’m just back from a few days away, spent in a very sunny Bristol. The main focus of the trip was Crimefest 2012, and the organisers did a...