Case 4 - The Genre Grows

Jay, S. Death of a Skin Diver. London: The Crime Club, 1964

Jay, S. Death of a Skin Diver. London: The Crime Club, 1964

After World War II, more crime novels began to be published and the number of writers increased. Arthur E. Jones created Felix Holliday who had an absolutely splendid time as a private detective. Simon Jay (the pseudonym of Colin Alexander, an Auckland pathologist) featured a pathologist as his detective long before pathologists solving murders became de rigeur.
Mary Scott and Joyce West, who were much better known for their romances, paired up to write five crime novels featuring Inspector Wright. The covers were illustrated by West, herself.
Jay, S. Death of a Skin Diver. London: The Crime Club, 1964

Jay, S. Death of a Skin Diver. London: The Crime Club, 1964
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Scott, M. & J. West. Fatal Lady. Hamilton & Auckland: Paul’s Book Arcade, 1960

Scott, M. & J. West. Fatal Lady. Hamilton & Auckland: Paul’s Book Arcade, 1960

Scott, M. & J. West. Fatal Lady. Hamilton & Auckland: Paul’s Book Arcade, 1960

Scott, M. & J. West. Fatal Lady. Hamilton & Auckland: Paul’s Book Arcade, 1960
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Scott, M. & J. West. No Red Herrings. Hamilton & Auckland: Paul’s Book Arcade, 1964

Scott, M. & J. West. No Red Herrings. Hamilton & Auckland: Paul’s Book Arcade, 1964

Scott, M. & J. West. No Red Herrings. Hamilton & Auckland: Paul’s Book Arcade, 1964

Scott, M. & J. West. No Red Herrings. Hamilton & Auckland: Paul’s Book Arcade, 1964
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Jones, A. E. You Know the Way it is. London: Hutchinson, 1956

Jones, A. E. You Know the Way it is. London: Hutchinson, 1956

Jones, A. E. You Know the Way it is. London: Hutchinson, 1956

Jones, A. E. You Know the Way it is. London: Hutchinson, 1956
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