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Originally Posted by Fbone
Sadly, they are not well known. The books long out of print even Amazon turns up empty new or used for many of them.
Mary Aswell died a few years ago. She was last surviving author. Perhaps, their estates will allow ebook reissue someday.
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That's too bad! The books are really good. At least for those who like the golden age mysteries. But I have had the same experience in Norway; the only libraries that have a good selection of Patrick is the National Library and the University Libraries. I certainly hope for a reissue. I'd buy whatever gets published on day one. I saw the selection on Amazon vas very poor, but Abebooks and alibris have better selections (as always when it comes to vintage books).
Fortuantely, the library at my university has an almost complete collection. And the librarians at the public library have been very kind to allow me a great deal of interlibrary loans on a lot of books as well.
But it looks to me their books are better known here than in the US. The last time a book by Patrick was published here was in 2004.