A visit to the Book Barn in Niantic, one of Connecticut’s few surviving bookshops, netted me well over 100 mysteries yesterday, including a few recent hardcovers in nice shape. Of the paperbacks, so far I’ve found two (indicated with an *) from which I’ve gleaned information that Al Hubin did not have in the Revised Crime Fiction IV. He does now. These entries will appear in Part 28 of the online Addenda.

   Need I add that any additional information is always welcome? It is, and I just did.

ALLAN, STELLA. British author of six mystery novels included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV. Many of her books seem to focus on unhappy marriages and/or bad love affairs. See below.
      Arrow in the Dark. Collins, UK, hc, 1982.
      * The Communicating Door. Love Stories, UK, 1986. Avon, US, pb, 1981. Add setting: London. “Divorce is one way to end a marriage… Another way is murder.”

      A Dead Giveaway. Collins, UK, hc, 1980. St. Martin’s, US, hc, 1981. Setting: England; theatre. [A successful playwright visits the country retreat of her wealthy ex-lover on the behalf of her new lover and finds herself embroiled in kidnaping, and murder.]
      An Inside Job. Collins, UK, hc, 1978. Scribner, US, hc, 1978. Setting: London. Scribner, 1978. “It was a plan so perfect they could get away with murder..He would do anything to get rich, and she would do anything to keep him.”
      A Mortal Affair. Collins, UK, hc, 1979. Scribner, US, hc, 1979. [The lover of a woman married to a doctor is exposed as a criminal.]

      No Marks for Trying. Macdonald & Janes, UK, hc, 1975. Avon, US, pb, 1981. Setting: Spain. [A married couple’s vacation in Spain turns into a nightmare of murder and intrigue when they meet a man with whom the wife once had an affair.]

KRAUSE, KATHALYN. Author of several works of romantic fiction, two of them included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV. See below.
      * The Blue Key. Belmont, pb, 1980. Add setting: Los Angeles CA. “A piece of stone jade unlocked the door to violence and death.”
      Mellona. Belmont, pb, 1979. Make setting more specific: California, 1901. [A young woman, new to a close-knit coastal resort community, resembles a woman who disappeared 30 before.]