Admit to Murder; In-Laws and Outlaws; The Serpent Amongst the Lilies

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:

Margaret Yorke: Yorke wrote 43 mystery novels, published between 1957 and 2001. These included the five novel Patrick Grant series. Yorke died in 2012. This is a stand alone novel.

Barbara Paul: Barbara Paul is an American writer of mystery and science fiction. She created two series, the longest of which was the Marian Larch series with seven books. She has published a total of 31 novels and short story collections, as well as contributing to at least that many anthologies as well. This is one of her stand alone novels.

P. C. Doherty: Some writers find one muse and stick to it. Sue Grafton wrote about little else than her Kinsey Milhone character. Agatha Christie had a small party of sleuths. P. C. Doherty has 14 series (including one just started in 2018) under seven different pen names. He has published upwards of 120 different novels and has had stories appear in other people's collections as well. This is the second of two novels involving character Matthew Jankyn.