This afternoon I was working in Part 21, primarily in the S’s, but with the usual diversion or two:

ARCOUET, SERGE. 1916-1983. Add as a new author’s entry. Pseudonym: Serge Laforest, q.v.

LAFOREST, SERGE. Pseudonym of Serge Arcouet, 1916-1983, q.v. Correction of real name. Under this pen name, the author of many crime & espionage novels published only in French, one of which is shown below. As “Terry Stewart,” q.v., Arcouet was the first French author to be published in Gallimard’s ‘Série noir.’ One title in an English translation appears in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV, included here below the image.

      The Intruder. International Publishers, UK, pb, 1969. Translation from the French. Setting: Alaska. [The book is a two-in-one edition, the other novel being The Man of the Avenue, by F. Dard, aka San Antonio.]

STEVENSON, MARY. Add as a new author entry.
      The Third Time. Mott, UK, hc, 1961.

STEWART, TERRY. Delete this entry. This is not the real name of Serge Laforest, q.v., as previously attributed, but another pseudonym of Serge Arcouet, q.v. No works by the author have been published in English under this byline.

STRANGE, J. D. Author of one work of espionage fiction included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. See below.
      The Master Spy. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, hc, 1932. Add setting: England, Germany, Switzerland.

STRANGE, NORA K. Full married name: Nora Kathleen Begbie Strange Stanley, 1884-1974. Born in India; married Edward Stanley, 1922. Correct birth date & add year of death. Secretary in Nairobi and Kenya, 1913-19; one of first women to work in business offices in East Africa. Prolific romance novelist with many books published between 1924 and 1970; Kenya is the setting for many of them. One novel having criminous content is included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. See below.
      According to Jill. Stanley Paul, UK, hc, 1926.

TAFFRAIL. Pseudonym of Henry Taprell Dorling, 1883-1968. A captain in the British Royal Navy & author of many sea stories, many with criminous content. Some thirty titles are included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV; one of these is shown below. [Note: A taffrail is the railing around the stern of a ship often ornately carved.]

      -Euridice. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, hc, 1953. Add setting: Java.