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#1159: A Reading Round-Up for 2023 + Plans for 2024I love a round-up post, a chance to reflect on what’s gone in the year before and to look ahead to what the future holds. So, following on...
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#1158: The Boathouse Riddle (1931) by J.J. ConningtonPerhaps sensing limitations in the character after five novels, J.J. Connington seemed to retire Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield following...
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#1157: Little Fictions – The Dr. Britling Stories: Six Were to Die [n] (1932) by James RonaldNot such a little Little Fiction this week, as I revisit the novella Six Were to Die (1932), which I’ve read before in edited form. Remember,...
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#1156: We Barred the Windows and the Doors – My Ten Favourite Impossible CrimesI’ve been moved of late to give some thought as to what my favourite examples of my favourite subgenre of detective fiction could possibly...
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#1155: Blind Man’s Bluff (1943) by Baynard KendrickI’ve already looked at one story with this title this week, so let’s complete the set, eh? This Blind Man’s Bluff (1943) is the...
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#1154: Little Fictions – The Dr. Britling Stories: ‘Blind Man’s Bluff’ (1929) by James RonaldI’m reviewing this out of order, because it’s been a busy week and so I’ve not had time to read the 180-page novella which comes...
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In GAD We Trust – Episode 32: The Revival of James Ronald [w’ Chris Verner]Five and a half years ago I tracked down and read an obscure novelette by long-forgotten British pulp writer James Ronald, which set me on the...
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#1152: The Sittaford Mystery, a.k.a. Murder at Hazelmoor (1931) by Agatha ChristieI’ve been struggling to enjoy my reading of late, so it was something of a relief to revisit The Sittaford Mystery (1931) by Agatha Christie...
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#1151: Little Fictions – The Dr. Britling Stories: ‘Find the Lady’ (1930) by James RonaldA second foray into the first volume of the criminous work of James Ronald, which is being reprinted by Moonstone Press — much to my immense...
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#1150: “I believed the chaos of the world needs order.” – School of Hard Knox [ss] (2023) ed. Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art TaylorI have a particular fascination with the Knox Decalogue, the list of ‘rules’ for the writing of good detective fiction as complied by...
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#1149: Tokyo Express, a.k.a. Points and Lines (1958) by Seichō Matsumoto [trans. Jesse Kirkwood 2022]Let those who lament the — vastly overstated — train fixation of Freeman Wills Crofts take note: Tokyo Express (1958) by Seichō...
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#1148: Little Fictions – The Dr. Britling Stories: ‘The Green Ghost Murder’ (1931) by James RonaldI wasn’t going to post on Tuesdays in December, but then Moonstone Press committed to republishing the crime and detective fiction of James...
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In GAD We Trust – Episode 31: Bodies from the Library 6 (2023) ed. Tony Medawar [w’ Tony Medawar]Another year, another Bodies from the Library collection — incredibly, the sixth — and another opportunity to sit down with Tony...
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#1146: Murder in Blue (1937) by Clifford WittingMaybe it’s the changing of the seasons, but I am really struggling to maintain interest in a lot of what I’m reading at present. Latest...
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#1145: Little Fictions – ‘Silver Blaze’ (1892) by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMy slow cataloguing of the Sherlock Holmes short stories from the pen of Arthur Conan Doyle progresses to the second collection, The Memoirs of...
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#1144: “The past has no place in the here and now…” – The Christmas Appeal (2023) by Janice HallettChristmas creeps ever-closer, and every year I promise myself I’ll read and review some festive mysteries…then I forget and review them...
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#1143: Death on Bastille Day (1981) by Pierre Siniac [trans. John Pugmire 2022]Published approximately a year ago, this translation of Un Assassin, Ça Va Ça Vient (1981) as Death on Bastille Day kept eluding my attention if...
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#1142: Little Fictions – ‘The Copper Beeches’ (1892) by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleSituation vacant: creepy house with forbidden annexe seeks youthful governess to act naively with light menacing; 4 bed, six bath, plenty of free...
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#1141: “He must have known he was playing a dangerous game.” – Bodies from the Library 6 [ss] (2023) ed. Tony MedawarBodies from the Library 6 (2023) represents another delightful foray into the neglected and forgotten stories from many of the luminaries of the...
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#1140: The Rose of Death (1934) by Walter S. MastermanAn Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman meet at university, where they form a club with the intention of talking about unsolved crimes. Several...
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#1139: Little Fictions – ‘The Beryl Coronet’ (1892) by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe best Sherlock Holmes stories take unusual events and spin them into an interesting and unexpected pattern. And then there are the…less...
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#1138: Dead Men Tell Their Tales in The Secret of Phantom Lake (1973) by William ArdenPirates! Sunken ships! Mysterious treasure! A race to unscramble a message from beyond the grave! I promise you that The Secret of Phantom Lake...
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#1137: Catch-As-Catch-Can, a.k.a. Walk Out on Death (1953) by Charlotte ArmstrongWhen Dee Allison’s itinerant uncle Jonas Breen pulls one of his sudden appearing acts and then promptly dies, leaving the overwhelming...
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#1136: Little Fictions – ‘The Noble Bachelor’ (1892) by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleFor Tuesdays in November we return to the Sherlock Holmes canon, as I continue my self-appointed task of revisiting all the stories featuring the...
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#1135: “Don’t be so infernally bloodthirsty!” – Who Killed Father Christmas? and Other Seasonal Mysteries [ss] (2023) ed. Martin EdwardsAstoundingly, Who Killed Father Christmas? (2023) is the fifth collection of seasonal mysteries collated by Martin Edwards for the British Library...
