Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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Peking pays off: VS in the Forbidden City, Part 2

June 22, 2018 by Ray Betzner

The Products of Peking

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June 22, 2018 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Ray Latimer, The Laughing Buddha, Murder in Peking, Magna Publications, Born in a Bookshop, Charles Honce, Front Page Mysteries, Walter Edwards, Invincible Press, Editions Diderot, Meurte a Pekin, Valentine Isabel Johnston, Philadelphia Inquirer, Toronto Star, Oriental Encounters, Normandie House, Black Cat Press, Oriental Encounters: Two Essays in Bad Taste, Some Chinese Detective Stories, The Last Bookman
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The Jimmie/Jimmy Problem

February 20, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Why can't these publications get the name of his most famous detective right?

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February 20, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Born in a Bookshop, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jimmy Lavender, Jimmie Lavender, The Case-Book of Jimmie Lavender, Murder in Peking, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine
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Starrett earns a Gold Seal from the Inky

March 01, 2014 by Ray Betzner

When Philadelphia's leading newspaper needed readers in the 1940s, the works of popular mystery writers like Vincent Starrett were called in to help.

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March 01, 2014 /Ray Betzner
Jimmy Lavender, Jimmie Lavender, Vincen, Philadelphia Inquirer, Gold Seal Novel, Ben Dale, H.H. Chambers
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