Original Sin; Mrs. Pollifax Pursued; Dead Mr. Mozart

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:

P. D. James: Recipient of many awards, James created the Adam Dalgliesh detective series of 14 books. During her career, she wrote 8 other books and contributed many other omnibus and collection editions. This is the ninth Adam Dalgliesh novel.

Dorothy Gilman: An author of 14 spy novels featuring Mrs Pollifax, an unlikely heroine who turned to working as a spy in her 60s. Gilman also penned 20 other stand-alone novels, usually with female heroines. Gilman died in 2012. This is the eleventh Mrs. Pollifax adventure.

Robert Barnard: British writer of 48 novels and collections, plus 5 nonfiction works and editor of three anthologies. Had a number of short detective series, the most significant were the Perry Trethowan series (5 novels) and the Charlie Peace series (11 novels). Barnard died in 2013. This is the first of two novels with Mozart surviving into old age and adding detectng to his musical talents, published under the pen name Bernard Bastable.