Dec 19, 2009
The Toby Dyke series, 1940-1942.
Toby Dyke, an upper-class university graduate of about twenty-five, employed as a journalist. His air of indolence and amused detachment conceals a shrewd intelligence.
E. X. Ferrars cannot be considered one of the major innovators of detective fiction. Nevertheless, she has a solid core of admirers, who included the late Anthony Boucher, mystery reviewer for The New York Times. Her work has been in the classic British tradition: The principal...
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