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The Demon Archer & The Field Of Blood (both 1999) by Paul DohertyIn 1303, the outlaw known as the Owlman stalks Ashdown Forest, while Sir Henry Fitzalan, the lord of the manor and hated by almost...
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The Siren’s Call (2023) by Paul Halter tr. John Pugmire1922, and Dr Alan Twist has come to Cranston Manor, invited by the lord of the manor, to investigate the Rose Room. The room, situated...
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Death On The Line (1954) by Cecil M WillsThe steamship Renfrew is on its journey from Tilbury to Australia, having just weighed anchor in Colombia, Sri Lanka, about to cross...
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A Game Of Lies (2023) by Clare MackintoshExposure is the latest reality show. Seven contestants have signed up, ready to withstand the trials of living wild in the mountains...
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A Thief’s Justice (2023) by Douglas SkeltonLondon, 1716, and winter has come with a vengeance. With the river Thames frozen over, Jonas Flynt’s life is about to get more...
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The Ice Axe Murders (1958) by Glyn CarrMont Blanc, the most prominent mountain in the Alps, the second-most in Europe and the eleventh in the world. Who on earth would want...
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Poirot 11 – Death In The Clouds (1935) by Agatha ChristieThe flight from Paris to Croydon was a short one, but Hercule Poirot made the terrible mistake of sleeping through it. A mistake...
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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Novel Book Of The Month – June 2023Tell me, dear reader, have you ever tried to create a timetable for a secondary school? No? Well, to give an idea of the complexity, imagine...
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Fearless (2023) by M W CravenBen Koenig was a dangerous man when he worked for the US Marshal’s elite Special Ops group. He hunted the really bad guys and removed...
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The Mill House Murders (1988/2023) by Yukito Ajatsuji tr Ho-Ling WongThe Mill House is a remote mansion, home to the reclusive Fujinuma Kiichi, cursed by a disfiguring car accident to spend his life in a...
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The Trial (2023) by Robert RinderDetective Inspector Grant Cliveden was a national hero. He took a bullet for the Queen herself, was famed for his dogged pursuit of the...
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The Red House (2023) by Roz WatkinsOnce upon a time, fifteen-year-old Joseph Flowers shot dead his parents and baby brother, while his younger sister Celestine ran and...
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A Most Efficient Murder (2022) by Anthony SlaytonEngland 1929, and Lord Unsworth has gathered his family together for a party – and possibly a most important announcement. But...
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After The Exhibition (2014) by Dolores Gordon-SmithWhen Chief Inspector Bill Rackham invited his friend, writer-cum-sleuth Jack Haldean, to the Lythwell & Askern exhibition of church...
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Alibis In The Archive 2023I might have mentioned already, but I can’t go to the British Library for Bodies From The Library this year – I’m sorry, you’ll all...
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Fear Comes To Chalfont (1942) by Freeman Wills CroftsJulia Elton had a difficult life. After being widowed and being left with a daughter when her husband died in a traffic accident, she...
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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book Of The Month – May 2023June is here! And, thankfully, May is over. Regular readers will know that I’ve been spending a lot of time driving up and down the motorway...
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Death’s Old Sweet Song (1946) by Jonathan Stagge“I’ll sing you six, O; Green grow the rushes, O What are your six, O? Six for the six proud walkers; Five for the symbols at...
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The Expectant Detectives (2023) by Kat AilesWith their first child about to arrive, Alice and Joe have decided to leave the stress of big city life and move to the countryside –...
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Falconer And The Face Of God (1996) by Ian MorsonChristmas, 1268, and a troupe of entertainers has come to Oxford. It seems the ideal venue for a Mystery Play, given that the King,...
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Murder In The Gallowgate (2022) by Daniel SellersIn a basement in Gallowgate, Glasgow, is the aftermath of a ritual. An old wooden chair, ropes, six candleholders and so much blood....
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Sepulchre Street (2023) by Martin Edwards“This is my challenge to you,” the woman in white said. “I want you to solve my murder.” London in the 1930s and Rachel...
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Death Invades The Meeting (1944) by John RhodeWoe betide the German forces who would attempt to invade the village of Heringworth – for the village was “invasion-conscious”. John...
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Death Of An Author (1935) by E C R LoracViven Lestrange is the most reclusive author in England. Only his agents know that he is, in fact, she, but that fact soon becomes...
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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book Of The Month – April 2023April is almost over – it probably will be by the time you read this – but it’s been a month of highs and lows for me. More trips up and down the...
