“Sally you’re simply great!”
His gal Sally
Read MoreDedications
Monkey glands, McCarthyites and the W.G.A.
Read More"The finest … of Holmesian scholarship"
The finest flowering of Holmesian scholarship
Read MoreThe critics take their turn
Read More“Mr. Starrett’s book is indispensable”
From the Library of "Ellery Queen"
A little book with a big signature.
Read MoreEllery Queen's "Lost" Review of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Four pages, 1,600 words and some very tough observations.
Read MoreThe Grand Master
Vincent Starrett and the Mystery Writers of America
Read MoreA Case of Identity: Vincent Starrett among the critics, Part 1
The first part of a series looking at how critics have evaluated Vincent Starrett's overall contributions to the mystery genre.
Read MoreVincent Starrett, coverboy
Magazines have changed a lot over the decades, but there's one sales gimmick that has remained: Putting something on the cover that will make you pick up that issue. Vincent Starrett was a writer whose name sold magazines. Here are a few examples.
Read MoreVincent Starrett's little limerick and how it helped win WW II
There once was a poet from Chicago . . . .
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