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#1109: The Alarm of the Black Cat (1942) by Dolores Hitchens [a.p.a. by D.B. Olsen]The Cat Saw Murder (1939), Dolores Hitchens’ first book featuring septuagenarian spinster sleuth Rachel Murdock, saw Miss Rachel move into...
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#1108: Little Fictions – The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith: ‘The Hand is Quicker than the Eye’, a.k.a. ‘Lester Leith, Magician’ (1939) by Erle Stanley GardnerA big game hunter, an explorer, and a master sharpshooter attend a magic show while on a cruise…not the setup of a disappointing joke, but...
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#1107: “You really are a sly one, Lieutenant.” – Sour Grapes Aplenty in Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm (1973) [Scr. Stanley Ralph Ross; Dir. Leo Penn]I’ve not watched Columbo — in which Peter Falk’s eponymous, crumpled Lieutenant outwits murderers the viewer has watched commit...
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#1106: Captain Cut-Throat (1955) by John Dickson CarrJust as you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, don’t judge Captain Cut-Throat (1955) — John Dickson Carr’s breathless...
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#1105: Little Fictions – The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith: ‘The Exact Opposite’ (1941) by Erle Stanley GardnerAnother tale of professional thief Lester Leith (hey, that rhymes…!), and another impossible crime. Who knew that Erle Stanley Gardner...
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#1104: “Surely there must be some rational explanation…” – The Improbable Casebook of Sherlock Holmes [ss] (2021) by Nick CardilloSeven cases from the extended adventures of Sherlock Holmes, as Sherlockian superfan Nick Cardillo indulges in adding to the...
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#1103: Death of an Author (1935) by E.C.R. LoracI’ll let you in on a secret: much as I struggle to read two books by the same author close together, there are certain...
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#1102: Little Fictions – The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith: ‘A Thousand to One’ (1939) by Erle Stanley GardnerI’m very much enjoying the company of Lester Leith, Erle Stanley Gardner’s gentleman scoundrel who, having extracted from...
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#1101: Little Fictions – The Uncollected Paul Halter: ‘The Celestial Thief’ (2021) and ‘The Wendigo’s Spell’ (2023) [trans. John Pugmire 2021/2023]I’m slowly working my way up to the newly-translated Paul Halter novel The Siren’s Call (1998, tr. 2023), but...
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#1100: Death Within the Evil Eye (2019) by Masahiro Imamura [trans. Ho-Ling Wong 2022]“On the final two days of November, two men and two women shall perish in Magan…” — so sayeth the seer...
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#1099: Little Fictions – The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith: ‘The Bird in the Hand’ (1932) by Erle Stanley GardnerSend a thief to catch a thief, eh? And then try to catch that second thief and frame him for the theft done by the original thief?...
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#1098: “We don’t want things getting rough, do we?” – Time to Kill (1974) by Roger OrmerodTomCat has been singing the praises of Roger Ormerod for a while now , and, sure, TomCat has questionable taste some of the time,...
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#1097: Mystery at Lynden Sands (1928) by J.J. ConningtonWhen Derek Fordingbridge, long-supposed-dead heir to the family fortune, apparently resurfaces, his face mutilated in the war and...
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#1096: Little Fictions – The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith: ‘In Round Figures’ (1930) by Erle Stanley GardnerFive Tuesdays in August, five stories about gentleman scoundrel Lester Leith from the pen of Erle Stanley Gardner — synergy....
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#1095: “You’ve all the instincts of a skilled criminal…” – The Truth Will Set You Free in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) [Scr. Billy Wilder and Harry Kurnitz; Dir. Billy Wilder]I’ve heard much about the quality of the 1957 screen version of Witness for the Prosecution , based on the play which was...
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#1094: Trial by Fury (1941) by Craig Rice“This is the sort of thing we came to the country to get away from,” Jake Justus laments when, being given a tour of...
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#1093: Little Fictions – The Book of Clues (1984) by John Sladek: ‘Berringer’s Beach’We’ve all wanted to solve a ‘footprints in the sand/snow/dust’ mystery, right? Well, here’s your chance…...
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#1092: “You will understand at the end of my story…” – The Crimson Fog (1988) by Paul Halter [trans. John Pugmire 2013]With a new Paul Halter short story recently appearing in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, not to mention novel The Siren’s Call...
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#1091: The Bloodhounds Bay (1936) by Walter S. MastermanJack Reid, posing for the last few weeks as a holidaying artist, breaks into Severinge Abbey one night with the intent of relieving...
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#1090: Little Fictions – The Book of Clues (1984) by John Sladek: ‘Three-Minute Story’A shorter mystery from The Book of Clues (1984) from the excellent John Sladek, and pay attention to the picture this week…...
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#1089: “Murder! What in God’s name do you mean?” – Crimes of Cymru [ss] (2023) ed. Martin EdwardsAnother themed collection of crime and mystery stories from the British Library, Crimes of Cymru (2023) sees Martin Edwards’...
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#1088: The Moving Finger (1942) by Agatha ChristieI had intended to review Behind the Crimson Blind (1952) by Carter Dickson this week, but the opening chapters of that puzzled my...
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#1087: Little Fictions – The Book of Clues (1984) by John Sladek: ‘The Case of the Curious Codicil’Another week, another mini-mystery from the pen of one of the genre’s great lost names. This week, John Sladek...
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#1062: “That’s exactly the point this gentleman has been making.” – A Day Out for the Armchair Detective in 12 Angry Men (1957) [Scr. Reginald Rose; Dir. Sidney Lumet]I first watched 12 Angry Men (1957) some 20-odd years ago and was delighted, as a callow teenager, to find it more than living up to...
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#1086: Art Gives Life a Shape in The Mystery of the Shrinking House (1972) by William ArdenIt feels fair to say that the work done thus far by Dennis Lynds in the Three Investigators series, under the nom de plume William...
