Rosa's Dilemma; Anything For a Quiet Life; Deficit Ending

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:

Michael Underwood: Michael Underwood was the pen name of British writer John Michael Evelyn, who passed away in 1992. He penned 48 novels, of which eight were stand-alone novels and the rest featured one of five recurring investigators. The largest series featured Rose Epton as the sleuth (16). This is the thirteenth Rose Epton novel.

Michael Gilbert: Gilbert published 34 novels, 18 of which were stand alone novels. The remaining 16 involved one of four recurring detectives, Inspector Hazelrigg, Patrick Petrella, Inspector Mercer and Luke Pagan. Gilbert, once named a Mystery Writers Grand Master, passed away in 2006. Anything for a Quiet Life is a collection of nine short stories.

Lee Martin: Lee Martin is a pen name of Anne Wingate, Utah resident and author of 23 books. Her Deb Ralston series is set in Texas and consists of 13 novels. Wingate has published 8 additional novels and two non-fiction books. This is the sixth Deb Ralston novel.