There Must be Some Mistake; Spit in the Ocean; Cry at Dusk

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. Here is some information about our authors:

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. There Must Be Some Mistake is one of her stand alone novels.

Shelley Singer: Singer is a writer of mysteries and science fiction. So far in her career, she has published over a dozen novels, mostly in three series. Spit in the Ocean is the fourth of six novels in her Jake Samson series.

Mignon F. Ballard: A writer of 21 novels to date, Ballard is known for mysteries and romance novels. She has two recurring heroes, Augusta Goodnight and Miss Dimple Kilpatrick. Cry at Dusk is one of her non-series mysteries.