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Face Value (1983) by Roger OrmerodLast time, I discussed Anthony Lejeune's Key Without a Door (1988), second and last novel in the short-lived James Glowrey series, which...
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DeKok and the Immortal Death (1998) by A.C. BaantjerToday, September 16, 2023, marks what would have been the 100th birthday of A.C. Baantjer . A former Amsterdam police inspector and part of...
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Key Without a Door (1988) by Anthony LejeuneLast February, I reviewed Mr. Diabolo (1960) by "Anthony Lejeune," a pseudonym of Edward Anthony Thompson, who aspired to write a genuine,...
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The Golden Window: Q.E.D. vol. 29-30 by Motohiro KatouOh, ye of little faith! Last February, I (once again) returned to the Q.E.D. series by Motohiro Katou and began the review of vol. 21-22...
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The Longer Bodies (1930) by Gladys MitchellThe last time Gladys Mitchell and Mrs. Bradley graced this blog was in 2017, greatly enjoying The Devil at Saxon Wall (1935), Laurels...
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Subject—Murder (1945) by Clifford WittingClifford Witting was a British writer of sixteen detective novels, published between 1937 and 1964, which were well received at the time ("...
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Alien Autopsy: "The Walking Corpse" (1950) by Clayre and Michel LipmanClayre and Michel Lipman were a husband-and-wife writing team who worked together on a number of plays ( The Night We Ate Aunt Minnie , 1943),...
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The Case of the Little Green Men (1951) by Mack ReynoldsBack in June, I reviewed Norman Berrow's The Spaniard's Thumb (1949) and began the post, half-jokingly, explaining how Edgar Allan Poe...
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Monster Hunter: Case Closed, vol. 86 by Gosho AoyamaGosho Aoyama 's Case Closed , vol. 86 begins, as is usually the case, with the concluding chapter to the story that closed out the previous...
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The English Garden Mystery (2022) by Dan AndriaccoLast time, I babbled incessantly about " The Locked Room Mystery & Impossible Crime Story in the 21st Century ," rattling on how the reprint...
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The Locked Room Mystery & Impossible Crime Story in the 21st Century: A Brief Historic Overview of the First Twenty (Some) YearsI perhaps should have waited with compiling and writing this brief history of the locked room mystery in 21st century, probably until 2025, but...
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The Paradise Affair (2021) by Bill PronziniIn 2005, Bill Pronzini revived his two historical gumshoes, John Quincannon and Sabina Carpenter, who sold their professional detective...
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Gallows Court (2018) by Martin EdwardsMartin Edwards is a British solicitor turned award-winning crime writer and anthologist who debuted with All the Lonely People (1991),...
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The Other Way Around: "The Mystery of the Green Room" (1936) by Pierre VéryPierre Véry was a French mystery writer, " novelist of adventure, novelist of the fantastic ," who believed in preserving " what has been able...
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The Delft Blue Mystery (2023) by Anne van DoornGood news for your non-Dutch speaking mystery readers and impossible crime connoisseurs. Last year, I reviewed the first short novel in the new...
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The Scarab Murder Case (1930) by S.S. van DineWillard Huntington Wright was an art critic, editor and, under the non de plume " S.S. van Dine ," one of the most celebrated and influential...
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Death from a Top Hat (1938) by Clayton RawsonI did not intend to do another reread so soon after the recent Agatha Christie triptych of The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1916/20), The...
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The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (2022) by Ellery Queen and Josh PachterThe New York cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee were the heart and brain behind one of the most important names in the American detective...
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Broken Pieces: Q.E.D. vol. 27-28 by Motohiro KatouThis series needs no introduction and there have been enough excessively padded blog-posts lately. So let's jump right in. Motohiro...
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Six Dead Men (1930/31) by S.A. SteemanBack in April, I reviewed a fairly dated Dutch-Flemish translation of La nuit du 12 au 13 ( The Night of the 12th-13th , 1931) by...
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Curtain (c. 1940/75) by Agatha ChristieSo the last two ramblings on this blog were rereads of Agatha Christie 's novel-length introductions of her famous literary creations, Hercule...
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1916/20) by Agatha ChristieLast time, I returned to Agatha Christie's The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) that marked the first appearance in a full-length novel of...
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The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) by Agatha ChristieOver the past two years, I have had the pleasure of returning to Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (1934), Death in the...
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Death Against Venus (1946) by Dana ChambersAlbert Leffingwell was an American advertising executive who co-founded two ad agencies in the 1920s and embarked on a not unsuccessful, but...
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What Happened at Hazelwood (1946) by Michael Innes" Michael Innes " was the pseudonym of J.I.M. Stewart, Professor of English Literature, who penned nearly fifty erudite, gently humorous and...
