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Who Goes Hang? (1958) by Stanley HylandStanley Hyland was a British TV producer for the BBC who worked on most of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's broadcasts from 1964 to 1970 and had...
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The Clue in the Air (1917) by Isabel OstranderIsabel Ostrander was an American socialite from a well-to-do New York family, of Dutch descent, who traveled and lived all over the world at...
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The Noh Mask Murder (1949) by Akimitsu TakagiNow, the perceptive among you may have noticed my love for the Japanese detective novels of the shin honkaku school, simply neo-classical or...
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Cops & Robbers: "The Theft of Cinderella's Slipper" (1987), "The Murder in Room 1010" (1987) and "The Theft of Leopold's Badge" (1991) by Edward D. HochEdward D. Hoch , the man of a thousand stories, was not only a prolific writer of short stories, who appeared in every issue of Ellery Queen's...
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Blackstone Fell (2022) by Martin EdwardsMartin Edwards ' Blackstone Fell (2022), alternatively published as The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge , is the third title in the Rachel...
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Frame of Mind: "The Scapegoat" (1970) by Christianna BrandChristianna Brand ' s "The Scapegoat" originally appeared in the August, 1970, issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the then...
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Shadowed Sunlight (1945) by Christianna BrandLast time, I discussed Christianna Brand's Death in High Heels (1941), very much an apprentice work full with undeveloped potential and...
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Death in High Heels (1941) by Christianna BrandLast month, I revisited Christianna Brand's pièce de résistance, Green for Danger (1944), which is set in a World War II hospital under...
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The Hit List: Top 10 Best Translations & Reprints from Locked Room InternationalThe last time I compiled a list, " The Hit List: Top 5 Intriguing Pieces of Impossible Crime Fiction That Vanished into Thin Air ," I concluded...
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Dr. Morelle Investigates (2009) by Ernest DudleyVivian Ernest Coltman-Allen, known better under his adopted stage-and penname of " Ernest Dudley ," was an English actor, dramatist and mystery...
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13 to the Gallows (2008) by John Dickson Carr and Val GielgudThis year marks the 30th anniversary of Douglas G. Green's founding of Crippen & Landru , a small publishing firm specialized in short...
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Teacher's 'Tec: Q.E.D. vol. 37-38 by Motohiro KatouThe first of two stories from Motohiro Katou's Q.E.D. vol. 37, "Murder Lecture," begins with Inspector Mizuhara asking Detective Sasazuka to...
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The Silent Service (2024) by M.P.O. BooksIn 2022, E-Pulp announced two forthcoming series by Dutch crime-and detective writer, M.P.O. Books , who debuted twenty years ago with his...
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The Case of the Burnt Bohemian (1953) by Christopher BushChristopher Bush 's 42nd Ludovic Travers novel, The Case of the Burnt Bohemian (1953), takes place during the period in the series when...
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The Hit List: Top 5 Intriguing Pieces of Impossible Crime Fiction That Vanished into Thin AirEarlier this year, I put together a depressing list of our genre's so-called "lost media" section, " The Hit List: Top 10 Works of Detective...
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The Conjure-Man Dies (1932) by Rudolph FisherRudolph Fisher was an African-American physician, radiologist and a notable author from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, but, during the...
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Death of an Author (1935) by E.C.R. LoracEdith Caroline Rivett was a British mystery novelist who, over a thirty year period, penned over seventy detective novels and a smattering of...
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The X-Files: Case Closed, vol. 89 by Gosho AoyamaThe 89th volume of Gosho Aoyama ' s long-running Case Closed series begins, as so often, with winding up the story that started in the...
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My Late Wives: "She Wouldn't Kill Patience" (2002) by Ooyama SeiichiroOoyama Seiichiro is a Japanese mystery writer specialized in themes series and short story collections, best known today for the " Alibi...
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Green for Danger (1944) by Christianna BrandGreen for Danger (1944) is Christianna Brand 's second novel about her series-detective, Inspector Cockrill, which is not only regarded as...
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The Secret of the Pointed Tower (1937) by Pierre VéryLast year, I reviewed the short story " Le mystére de la chambre verte " ("The Mystery of the Green Room," 1936) by Pierre Véry, " novelist of...
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The Summer of the Ubume (1994) by Natsuhiko KyogokuNatsuhiko Kyogoku is a graphic designer, yokai researcher and mystery writer whose debut, Ubume no natsu ( The Summer of the Ubume ,...
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Gospel of V (2023) by H.M. Faust (a.k.a. "DWaM")H.M. Faust is a Croatia-born mystery writer who " primarily specializes in writing impossible crime stories " and " his main goal is to push the...
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Mortmain Hall (2020) by Martin EdwardsAn enjoyable, underrated luxury of being hooked on Golden Age mysteries in the 21st century is the opportunity the reprint renaissance created...
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Murder in the Family (1936) by James RonaldLast month, I reviewed James Ronald's Six Were to Die (1932) and a handful of his shorter works collected in Stories of Crime &...
