Sat 25 Jan 2020
Rupert Heath, publisher of Dean Street Press’s line of reprinted vintage mystery fiction, recently sent me an email flyer outlining what’s in store for us from them this March. I asked if I could reprint it here, and he has most graciously agreed:
in March 2020
by Rupert Heath
We are delighted to be adding new Golden Age mysteries to our range of publications on 2 March 2020. This time we are featuring authors Moray Dalton, E. & M. A. Radford, Henrietta Clandon and Roy Horniman, including the classic black crime-comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets.
Further to our successes last year, we are publishing five further titles from Moray Dalton: The Belfry Murder, The Belgrave Manor Crime, The Condamine Case, The Case of Alan Copeland, and The Art School Murders.
We have three more titles from E. & M.A. Radford, the married Golden Age crime-writing couple: The Heel of Achilles, Death of a Frightened Editor, and Death and the Professor.
A new author for DSP, we are very pleased to add four classic Golden Age mysteries from Henrietta Clandon: Good by Stealth, Inquest, Power on the Scent, and This Delicate Murder.
And finally we are excited to bring out a new edition of Kind Hearts and Coronets (aka Israel Rank) by Roy Horniman – the basis for the famous Ealing Comedy, and every bit as fresh, funny and relevant as when it was first published in 1907.
All best wishes
Rupert Heath
Publisher
January 25th, 2020 at 4:04 pm
Here’s some more information on the authors whose work DSP will be publishing, all taken from Al Hubin’s Revised Crime Fiction IV:
DALTON, MORAY; pseudonym of Katherine M. Renoir, (1881-1963)
The Art School Murders (Low, 1943, hc) [Sgt.(Insp.) Hugh Collier; England]
The Belfry Murder (Low, 1933, hc) [Sgt.(Insp.) Hugh Collier; England]
The Belgrave Manor Crime (Low, 1935, hc) [Sgt.(Insp.) Hugh Collier; England]
The Case of Alan Copeland (Low, 1937, hc) [England]
The Condamine Case (Low, 1947, hc) [Sgt.(Insp.) Hugh Collier; England]
RADFORD, E(dwin Isaac) (1891-1973) and RADFORD, M(ona) A(ugusta Mangan) (1894-1990)
Death and the Professor (Hale, 1961, hc) [Prof. Marcus Stubbs; England] Eight Stubbs stories are spread across the chapters.
Death of a Frightened Editor (Hale, 1959, hc) [Doctor Harry Manson; England]
The Heel of Achilles (Melrose, 1950, hc) [Doctor Harry Manson; England]
CLANDON, HENRIETTA; pseudonym of John Haslette Vahey, (1881-1938); other pseudonyms John Haslette, Anthony Lang, Vernon Loder, John Mowbray, Walter Proudfoot & George Varney
Good by Stealth (Bles, 1936, hc) [William Power; England]
Inquest (Bles, 1933, hc) [England]
Power on the Scent (Bles, 1937, hc) [William Power; Penny (Henrietta Penelope) Mercer; Vincent Mercer; England]
This Delicate Murder (Bles, 1936, hc) [William Power; Penny (Henrietta Penelope) Mercer; Vincent Mercer; England]
HORNIMAN, ROY (1868-1930);
Israel Rank (Chatto, 1907, hc) [England] Film: Ealing, 1949, as Kind Hearts and Coronets (scw: Robert Hamer, John Dighton; dir: Hamer).
January 25th, 2020 at 5:18 pm
Thanks, Steve. I was going to mention that Clandon was a pseudonym and “his” most well known “name” was Vernon Loder.
I’m glad to see the reprinting of so many authors from the Golden Age that you just don’t see any more.
January 25th, 2020 at 6:43 pm
Yes, more books than I ever expected to have access to, and even more so, many many more than I’m sure I’ll have time to read, as much as I’d like to. One of my New Year’s resolutions, though, is to read more this year than the last few. I can only try.
January 25th, 2020 at 7:54 pm
You had me at ISRAEL RANK. I’ve never been able to find an edition of the novel, just the screenplay.