![]() “Despite extensive research, all that has been uncovered is the fact that the author wrote and published a number of crime novels across 20 years from 1937. “It’s become apparent that the real puzzle is the inexplicable absence of any biographical information available about Francis Duncan himself,” said Vintage. So an appeal went out for anyone with information about him. They could find no biographical details for Duncan, who wrote a succession of murder mysteries in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. ![]() Unfortunately the editors at Vintage Books, part of the Random House group, were also in the dark. “With some 20 crime novels to his credit, a relaunch seems long overdue.” ![]() “Kept guessing to the end, I am left wondering why it has taken so long to discover Francis Duncan, an author who made his mark in the 40s,” wrote the Daily Mail’s critic, Barry Turner. ![]()
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