Most Deadly Hate; Circus Day; The Spy Who Barked in the Night

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:

Sara Woods: Woods did her writing in Canada, but all her novels were set in her native England. She created three short detective series under three different pseudonyms, but her main claim to fame is the 48 novels in the Anthony Maitland series. This is the 46th Maitland novel.

Caroline Crane: An author of mystery, suspense and young adult fiction. As was described in one reference, she "...writes stories of ordinary lives gone awry." At latest count, she has 23 novels, and, as of 2016, was still writing more. No information has been posted since then and there are far to many Caroline Cranes in the world.

Marc Lovell: Pen name of Mark McShane. Born in Australia, McShane travelled the world before settling in Mallorca to take up his writing career. McShane wrote satire, suspense and crime fiction. His one significant series is the 14 volume Appleton Porter novels, involving a somewhat inept spy and his comic misadventures. McShane published close to 50 novels in total. One of his earliest novels, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, was made into a movie in 1964 and later adapted as an opera. McShane died in 2013. This is the tenth of 14 in the Appleton Porter series.