From a pioneer of the medieval mystery:
The Trinity Cat and Other Mysteries is a collection of fifteen tales of mystery by Ellis Peters (1913-1995) most of which were written before a certain Benedictine made her rich and famous and one story of which is published here for the first time anywhere.
The cat, alas, does not belong to our beloved Brother Cadfael
Ellis Peters was just one of the many pseudonyms of Edith Mary Pargeter.
She won an Edgar in 1963 for Death and the Joyful Woman, which was one of the titles in her lesser known George Felse series.
From a pioneer of psychological suspense:
The Couple Next Door is a collection of short stories and two all-but-unknown novellas from the 1940s by Margaret Millar (1915-1994).
Millar won an Edgar for A Beast in View in 1956.
Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, W.H. Auden and Truman Capote were among her devoted fans.
Her husband was Kenneth Millar, who is known to mystery fans as Ross Macdonald.
