Kill and Kill Again; Reel Murder; A Deceptive Clarity

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:

Hugh Pentecost: A pen name of Judson Philips, a man of many detectives. Under both names, Philips published over 100 books, most of which were in one of eight different series. The largest series featured Pierre Chambrun with 23 books. In spite of all these series, almost a quarter of his books were stand-alone novels. This is the sixteenth of 16 books featuring Julian Quist.

Marian Babson: Babson had a writing career that ran from 1971 to 2012. She passed away in 2017. She wrote three short detective series, the longest being the seven edition Trixie and Evangeline series, but Babson also wrote 32 stand alone detective novels. Altogether Babson published 45 novels. This is the first Trixie and Evangeline Mystery.

Aaron J. Elkins: Edgar award winner and two-time Agatha award winner, Elkins created the forensic anthropologist crime solver Gideon Oliver, appearing in eighteen novels, and museum curator crime solver Chris Norgren, appearing in three books, because who ever heard of police solving crimes. Elkins also teamed up with his wife, Charlotte, on two additional series. This is the first Chris Norgren Mystery.