Wavecrest; Not Exactly a Brahmin; In the Enemy Camp

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:

Bill Knox: Knox wrote under his own name and three pen names. He wrote two detective series under his own name, the Thane and Moss series (25 books) and the Webb Carrick series (15). There were three other series which he published under the name of Robert MacLeod, totaling another 22 books. He also wrote 12 stand-alone novels. Knox died in 1999. This is the thirteenth Webb Carrick novel.

Susan Dunlap: Californian Susan Dunlap has published 25 novels and three collections of short stories. She writes in two genres, mystery and romance. Her novels, save one, are in one of four series, the longest of which is the Jill Smith Mystery series of ten books. This is the third Jill Smith novel,.

Robert L. Duncan: The pen name of the team of W. R. Duncan and James Robert Hall. Together they wrote eleven novels in the genres of mystery, thriller and general fiction. I have found no evidence that either did any solo work. This thriller is their ninth novel.