Summary: The Topaz Flower (Aired April 24, 1947) Crime club literary selections were all the rage during the first half of the 20th century. Doubleday was the first to form a literary Crime Club in 1928. Doubleday's distinctive 'Crime man' (left sidebar) was strategically imprinted on their Doubleday Crime Club selections. The Collins Publishing House in England had their Collins Crime Club launched in 1930, issuing Agatha Christie's first novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, as one of their first selections. The Collins Crime Club imprint (left sidebar) announced its Crime Club selections as "The sign of a good detective novel." Eno Fruit Salts, and the Columbia Basic Network joined forces in 1931 to air the Eno Crime Club. The program ran for two years over the Columbia Basic Network and for three years over NBC's Blue Network. During April 1933, the program was renamed Eno Crime Clues. Show Notes From The Digital Deli. THIS EPISODE: April 24, 1947. Mutual network. "The Topaz Flower". Sustaining. A murdered man's Topaz jewelry is missing but turns up the next day in a pawn shop. Charlotte Murray Russell (writer), Wyllis Cooper (adaptor), Raymond Edward Johnson, Julie Stevens. 29:28. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
