Five new authors whose work falls into the public domain on 1 January 2026:
Elizabeth Sanxay Holding andf Ruby M Ayres, romance writers; A E Martin, former sideshow promotor turned author; J Jefferson Farjeon, action and crime writer; Nat Schachner, prolific pulp writer; plus some of "the usual suspects" as Claud Rains says in "Casablanca".
1: Fisherman's Luck / J. Jefferson Farjeon
2: Valda, You've Five Minutes / A. E. Martin
3: Pirates of the Gorm / Nat Schachner
4: The Hat In The Hall / Ruby M. Ayres
5: The Woman He Had to Kill / Francis Beeding
6: Coincidence / F. Storer Clouston
7: The Gift of Venus / Erle Cox
8: The Police Sometimes Guess Wrong / Harold Ward
9: The Catspaw / Ward Sterling
10: Eat, Drink And Die! / Nat Schachner
11: The Motor Brigand / M. Forrest
12: Vantanner's Right Whale / T. Jenkins Hains
13: Murder in the Past / David Wright O'Brien
14: Red and Black / Percival Wilde
15: The Orton Murder / Harold Mercer
16: Excepting Mrs. Pentherby / "Saki"
17: The Haunted Milk Bucket / Ernest Favenc
18: Lady In Love / Peter Cheyney
19: Mr. Martin Swallows the Anchor / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
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