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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book Of The Month – November 2023I was just about to write that this was a slow month for the blog, but then I saw that I’d actually read eight books. Honestly, before I checked,...
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The Killer’s Christmas List (2023) by Chris FrostIn the shadow of the Angel of the North, as Christmas approaches, a dead body is awaiting DI Tom Stonem, posed with a child’s Christmas...
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The Watchmaker’s Hand (2023) by Jeffery DeaverLincoln Rhyme, the brilliant New York forensic scientist, has a nemesis. He first crossed paths with Charles Vespasian Hale – the...
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Henrietta Who? (1968) by Catherine AirdIt was at a dangerous bend in the road that the body of Grace Jenkins was found. A villager who kept herself to herself, she had lived...
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A Well-Earned Death (2023) by L C TylerIn the late seventeenth century, an Englishman could make a fortune in the West Indies. Harvesting sugar cane while exploiting slave...
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The Christmas Jigsaw Murders (2023) by Alexandra BenedictDecember 19 th , and eighty-year-old Edie O’Sullivan receives the strangest Christmas present – a charity Christmas card and a box...
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The Charabanc Mystery (1934) by Miles BurtonThere used to be two public houses in Dribbleford, the Chequers and the George, but when the “justices” decide that a village of three...
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The Sixth Lie (2023) by Sarah WardNew Year’s Eve, 2010 in St Davids, Wales. While Heledd Dawson was across the road at a New Year’s Eve party, her husband Jack and five...
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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book Of The Month – October 2023You might be mistaken for thinking it was December on my blog, given the Christmassy reviews, but October and November are when the Christmassy...
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Murder Among Friends (1942) by Lange LewisA South Carolina university and its vicinity are in a grip of terror, as young women are being stalked and murdered by the serial...
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Murder At Eversham Hall (2023) by Benedict BrownDecember 1927, and Marius Quin should be riding high on the success of his first mystery novel. Not the case, however, due to the fact...
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The Twelve Days Of Murder (2023) by Andreina CordaniIt’s Christmas Time… and there’s every reason to be afraid. Twelve years ago, a university group, The Murder Masquerade Society,...
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The Twelve Death Of Christmas (1979) by Marian BabsonChristmas can be stressful for some people – and if you’re on your own, it can be unbearable. Maude Daneson runs a boarding house in...
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Swing Away, Climber (1959) by Glyn CarrThe “tension technique” is the next big thing in mountain climbing, enabling previously unscalable peaks to be conquered, by the most...
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Poisoner’s Base (1957) by Belton CobbIt’s time for a summer holiday for Detective Inspector Cheviot Burmann, his wife Kathleen and their new-born son John Arthur, so where...
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Who Killed Father Christmas? (2023) and other stories ed Martin EdwardsA department store Father Christmas, stabbed in his grotto (sounds painful!). A priceless historic book hidden under a Christmas Tree....
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The Marlow Murders (2023) by Biba PearceYou're currently a free subscriber. Upgrade your subscription to get access to the rest of this post...
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Mrs Pargeter’s Patio (2023) by Simon BrettMrs Pargeter is the widow of Mr Pargeter, a much-loved man, especially by those with criminal inclinations, who he often engaged in his...
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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book Of The Month – September 2023So, the History Mystery Month of September draws to a close, and it didn’t work out quite like I wanted it to. Only seven books read, only one of...
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The Murder Wheel (2023) by Tom Mead1938, London, and Edward Ibbs is working on the case of the moment – the so-called “Ferris Wheel Murder”. Unfortunately, he is...
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Murder Most Treasonable (2023) by Paul Doherty“Cranston and his friar are to be killed. But how, when, where, or by whom, I do not know.” March, 1382. The Secret Chancery is...
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Murdering The Messenger (2023) by Michael JecksLondon, March, 1557, and Jack Blackjack, assassin in the service, indirectly, of the Princess Elizabeth, is back home. Well, he’s moved...
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Puzzle Doctor At The Movies – A Haunting In Venice1947, Venice, and Hercule Poirot has retired from the world of murder. A bodyguard stands at his front door, fending off the people who...
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Medicus (2007) aka Ruso And The Disappearing Dancing Girls by Kate DownieYou can see why they ditched the original title… Britannia, 117AD, the furthest, coldest and wettest outcrop of the Roman...
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The Puzzle Doc-ologue – or How To Get A Good Review From MeDear reader, you may recall that I’ve been grumbling about some books that I’ve started and not finished recently. Quite a few, in...
