Golden Age of Detective Fiction

Content Warning: Suicide. This book and post will discuss suicide/ suicidal ideation and may not be suitable for all readers.

Edith Caroline Rivett was the birth name of British crime writer E. C. R. Lorac. She wrote several crime stories during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and her stalwart Inspector MacDonald is a gem. Despite being supremely popular during her lifetime, her mysteries fell into obscurity until the British Library started reprinting her works under the “Crime Classics” label. Readers can now enjoy several of her mysteries, including Post After Post Mortem, initially published by the Collins Crime Club in 1936.

Plot

The Surray family is part of England’s glittering literary circle. The five Surray children have returned home to celebrate the youngest Surray child’s college graduation. The eldest Surray child, Richard, pulls their mother aside and asks her to let his middle sister Ruth, stay at the…