Blog Archive

• Post After Post-Mortem by E. C. R. Lorac (1936)
• Standing in the Shadows by Peter Robinson (2023)
• A Vacation to Kill For by Eunice Mays Boyd (with Elizabeth Reed Aden) (2023)
• Green for Danger by Christianna Brand (1944)
• Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J. Farmer (1956)
• Middlebrow Syllabus #22–The Hollow by Agatha Christie (1946)
• DeKok and the Geese of Death by Baantjer (English translation by H. G. Smittenaar, 2004) Originally published as De Cock en de ganzen van de dood (1983)[Netherlands]
• Death of an Author by E. C. R. Lorac (1935)
• Middlebrow Syllabus #25–Alice by Elizabeth Eliot (1949)
• Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley (1933)
• Middlebrow Syllabus Reading Challenge
• A Fashionable Fatality by Alyssa Maxwell
• A Courage Undimmed by Stephanie Graves
• A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge (2022)
• The Last Express by Baynard Kendrick (1937)
• Death and Croissants by Ian Moore (2022)
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (1926)
• A Truth to Lie For by Anne Perry (2022)
• The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict (2022)
• Murder After Christmas by Robert Latimer (1944)
• The White Priory Murder by Carter Dickson (1934)
• Murder by the Book edited by Edward Martin
• Murder at the Majestic Hotel by Clara McKenna
• Rope’s End, Rogue’s End by E. C. R. Lorac
• Just a note of thanks…
• The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves
• Murder at the Victoria and Albert Museum by Jim Eldridge
• A Fiancée’s Guide to First Wives and Murder by Dianne Freeman
• Murder Most Fair by Anna Lee Huber
• The Secret of Bow Lane by Jennifer Ashley
• The Man in the Moonlight by Helen McCloy
• Death at the Dolphin by Greta Mulrooney
• The Art of Betrayal by Connie Berry
• Sexton Blake – Allies edited by Mark Hodder (2020)
• Sleightly Murder by Patrick A. Kelley (1985)
• The Two Hundred Ghost by Henrietta Hamilton (1956)
• Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham (1930)
• John Thorndyke’s Cases by R. Austin Freeman (1909)
• Trent’s Last Case by E. C. Bentley (1913)
• Dead March for Penelope Blow by George Bellairs (1951)
• Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand (1948)
• The Art Fiasco (Poppy Denby Investigates) by Fiona Veitch Smith
• The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson (1934)
• The Case of the Monday Murders by Christopher Bush (1936)
• Death at Crane’s Court by Eilís Dillon (1953)
• The Port of London Murders by Josephine Bell (1938)
• Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac (1952)
• The Four Defences by J. J. Connington (1940)
• The Brading Collection by Patricia Wentworth (1950)
• The Mystery of the Invisible Thief by Enid Blyton (1950)
• Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert (1947)
• Shell Game by Richard Powell (1950)
• And Death Came Too by Richard Hull (1942)
• Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie (1942)
• Lonely Magdalen by Henry Wade (1940)
• The Big Bow Mystery by Israel Zangwill (1892)
• The Frightened Stiff by Kelley Roos (1942)
• No More Murders by Maria Lang (1951) Published as Inte Flera Mord! [Sweden] translated by Joan Tate (1966)
• The Man in Lower 10 by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1909)
• Shroud of Darkness by E. C. R. Lorac (1954)
• Inspector French and the Starvel Hollow Tragedy by Freeman Wills Crofts (1927)
• What I Read On My Summer Vacation
• 8 Faces At 3 by Craig Rice (1939)
• It Walks by Night by John Dickson Carr (1930)
• Death Takes Small Bites by George H. Johnston (1948)
• The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie (1925)
• The House at Satan’s Elbow by John Dickson Carr (1965)
• Maid To Murder by Roy Vickers (1950)
• Dance of Death by Helen McCloy (1938)
• The Innocent Mrs. Duff by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1946)
• The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley (1929)
• Board Stiff by Robert James (1951)
• The Sunday Pigeon Murders by Craig Rice (1942)
• Murder Isn’t Easy by Richard Hull (1936)
• In Spite of Thunder by John Dickson Carr (1960)
• The Art School Murders by Moray Dalton (1943)
• He Dies and Makes No Sign by Molly Thynne (1933)
• Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie (1937)
• The Red House Mystery (1922)
• The Dead Man’s Knock by John Dickson Carr (1958)
• Untimely Death by Cyril Hare (1957) aka He Should Have Died Hereafter
• Family Matters by Anthony Rolls (1933)
• Below Suspicion by John Dickson Carr (1949)
• Bodies in a Bookshop by R. T. Campbell (1946)
• Sir John Magill’s Last Journey by Freeman Wills Crofts (1930)
• The Sleeping Sphinx by John Dickson Carr (1947)
• Never Turn Your Back by Margaret Scherf (1959)
• Mini Reviews: The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (1943)
• Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand (1941)
• The Sittaford Mystery (aka The Murder at Hazelmoor) by Agatha Christie (1931)
• A Bundle of Reviews #12 Or A Case of the Butler in Grey
• A Bundle of Reviews #11 Or He’d Rather Be A Lepidopterist
• Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (1924)
• The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo (1946) translated by Louise Heal Kawai
• A Bundle of Reviews #10 Or The Case of the Creeping Rabbi
• Mini Reviews – Half-Mast Murder by Milward Kennedy (1930)
• He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr (1946)
• The Chinese Chop by Juanita Sheridan (1949)
• Night Train to Paris by Manning Coles (1952)
• A Bundle of Reviews #9 – Or – The Case of A February of Immodest Blondes
• The Ghost It Was by Richard Hull (1936)
• A Bundle of Reviews #8
• Till Death Do Us Part by John Dickson Carr (1944)
• And Four to Go by Rex Stout (1958)
• The Dying Fall by Henry Wade (1955)
• A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman (2020)
• A Bundle of Reviews #7 Or – Fooling Robins
• Inspector French and the Sea Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts (1928)
• Death Walks the Woods by Cyril Hare (1954) aka The Yew Tree’s Shade
• A Bundle of Reviews #6 – Or Why I’m Not Happy With Hooligans In September
• A Bundle of Reviews #5 – From Highbury to Haworth
• Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers (1913)
• Mr. Pottermack’s Oversight by R. Austin Freeman (1930)
• Mini Review – Death Knows No Calendar by John Bude (1942)
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (1920)
• A Bundle of Reviews #4 – Murders Amongst the Beech and Maple
• A Wreath for the Bride by Maria Lang (1957) Published as Kung liljekonvalje av dungen [Sweden] (translated by Joan Tate, 1966)
• Mini Reviews—Who Killed the Curate by Joan Coggins (1944)
• A Bundle of Reviews #3 – My Aunt in Room Five
• Death Turns the Tables by John Dickson Carr (Sep 1941)
• The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (1924)
• Mini Reviews – Death of an Airman by Christopher John Sprigg (1934)
• A Bundle of Reviews #2 Christopher Bush & E. C. R. Lorac at a glance
• The Case of the Constant Suicides by John Dickson Carr (Jun 1941)
• Mini Reviews – The Black Shrouds by Constance & Gwenyth Little (1941)
• Death in White Pyjamas by John Bude (1944)
• Mini Reviews – Tragedy at Ravensthorpe by J. J. Connington (1927)
• A Bundle of Reviews #1
• The Z Murders by J. Jefferson Farjeon (1932)
• Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts (1924)
• Mini Review – The Cheltenham Square Murder by John Bude (1937)
• Dead Man’s Quarry by Ianthe Jerrold (1930)
• Castle Skull by John Dickson Carr (1929)
• The Case of Sir Adam Braid by Molly Thynne (1930)
• The Man Who Could Not Shudder by John Dickson Carr (1940)
• Dead Man’s Music by Christopher Bush (1931)
• The Vanishing Man (aka The Eye of Osiris) by R. Austin Freeman (1911)
• Mini Reviews – Murder to Music by Margaret Newman (1959)
• The Duke of York’s Steps by Henry Wade (1929)
• The Case of the Black Twenty-Two by Brian Flynn (1928)
• The March Hare Murders by E. X. Ferrars (1949)
• Who Killed Dick Whittington? by E. and M. A. Radford (1947)
• The Middle of Things by J. S. Fletcher (1922)
• Answer in the Negative by Henrietta Hamilton (1959)
• Death Stops the Frolic by George Bellairs (1943)
• The Shakespeare Murders by A. G. MacDonnell (1929)
• Bleeding Hooks by Harriet Rutland (1933)
• The Problem of the Wire Cage by John Dickson Carr (1939)
• Roger Sherington and the Vane Case by Anthony Berkeley (1927)
• Keep It Quiet by Richard Hull (1935)
• The Ponson Case by Freeman Wills Crofts (1921)
• Crime in Kensington by Christopher St. John Sprigg (1933)
• Dancing Death by Christopher Bush (1931)
• Death Makes a Prophet by John Bude (1947)
• Death Walks in Eastrepps by Francis Beeding (1931)
• Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs (1942)
• The Problem of the Green Capsule by John Dickson Carr (1939)
• When the Wind Blows by Cyril Hare (1949)
• Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (1941)
• Murder in the Maze by J. J. Connington (1927)
• Case for Three Detectives by Leo Bruce (1936)
• The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer (1931)
• Fear and Miss Betony by Dorothy Bowers (1941)
• Seven Dead by J. Jefferson Farjeon (1939)
• The Groote Park Murder by Freeman Wills Crofts (1923)
• Missing or Murdered by Robin Forsythe
• Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon
• The Arabian Nights Murder by John Dickson Carr (1936)
• Beginning With A Bash by Alice Tilton
• The Layton Court Mystery by Anthony Berkeley
• Dead Man Twice by Christopher Bush (1930)
• With A Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare
• 2020 Calendar of Crime Challenge
• 2020 Reading Challenge
• The Hollow Man (AKA The Three Coffins) by John Dickson Carr (1935)
• The Mystery of the Peacock’s Eye by Brian Flynn
• Made Up To Kill by Kelley Roos (1940)
• The Murder of My Aunt by Richard Hull
• A Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs (1964)
• The Measure Of Malice: Scientific Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
• Death-Watch by John Dickson Carr (1935)
• Information Received by E. R. Punshon
• Knock, Murder, Knock by Harriet Rutland
• The Blind Barber (1934) by John Dickson Carr
• Death on the Aisle by Francis and Richard Lockridge
• The Perfect Murder Case by Christopher Bush (1929)
• The Scarab Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
• Fell Murder by E. R. C. Lorac
• Tragedy at Law by Cyril Hare
• The Bungalow Mystery by Annie Haynes
• A Night of Fear by Moray Dalton (1931)
• The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr (1934)
• Bats in the Belfry by E. C. R. Lorac
• The Plumley Inheritance by Christopher Bush (1926)
• The Hammersmith Murders by David Frome
• Death is No Sportsman by Cyril Hare
• The Body in the Dumb River by George Bellairs (1961)
• The Mad Hatter Mystery by John Dickson Carr (1933)
• The Studio Crime by Ianthe Jerrold
• Hag’s Nook by John Dickson Carr (1932)
• Murder By Matchlight by E. R. C. Lorac Introduction by Martin Edwards
• Death Has Deep Roots by Michael Gilbert introduction by Martin Edwards
• Tenant for Death by Cyril Hare
• The Castleford Conundrum by J. J. Connington
• The Man From Scotland Yard by David Frome
• The Paddington Mystery by John Rhode
• And So To Murder by Carter Dickson (1940)
• The Murder Jigsaw by E. & M. A. Radford
• Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert
• An English Murder by Cyril Hare
• Suicide Excepted by Cyril Hare
• The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs (1949)
• The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson (1946) aka John Dickson Carr Where Have You Been All My Life!
• The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories – Edited by Martin Edwards
• Corpses in Enderby by George Bellairs (1954)
• Corpses in Enderby by George Bellairs
• Weekend at Thrackley by Alan Melville
• The Dead Don’t Wait by Michael Jecks
• The Missing Diamond Mystery by Diane Janes
• Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith
• Portrait of a Murderer
• The Sad Variety by Nicholas Blake
• The Bathysphere Boys by Ted Enik, Illustrated by G.F. Newland
• Woman in the Veil by Laura Joh Rowland
• The Man That Got Away by Lynne Truss
• My Weekly Book Stack
• The Twice-Hanged Man by Priscilla Royal
• Without a Trace by Mel Starr
• Now You See Them by Elly Griffiths
• Deep Waters by Martin Edwards
• Felicity Carrol and the Murderous Menace by Patricia Marcantonio
• The Body on the Train by Frances Brody
• Gallows Court by Martin Edwards
• Murder in the Mill-Race by E.C.R. Lorac
• Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
• The Country Inn Murder by Faith Martin
• Murder at Crossways by Alyssa Maxwell
• Mr. Campion’s Visit by Mike Ripley
• Murder by the Minster by Helen Cox
• A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill
• A Legacy of Murder by Connie Berry
• And Then They Were Doomed by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
• Murder at the British Museum by Jim Eldridge
• Normandy ’44 – Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France by James Holland
• A Dagger Before Me by Jeanne M. Dams
• Tongued With Fire by Norman Russell
• Intrique in Istanbul by Christine Keleny
• Death in Focus by Anne Perry
• Who’s Sorry Now by Maggie Robinson
• Death in a Desert Land by Andrew Wilson
• The Vavasour Macbeth by Bart Casey
• A Fatal Flaw by Faith Martin
• Tell Me No Lies by Shelley Noble
• The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts (1920)
• The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts
• A Dangerous Engagement by Ashley Weaver
• A Lady’s Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman
• Death on a Quiet Day by Michael Innes
• The Grave Digger by Rebecca Bischoff
• Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
• A Golden Grave by Erin Lindsey
• A Knife for Harry Dodd by George Bellairs (1953)
• A Knife for Harry Dodd by George Bellairs
• Murder by the Book (A Langham and Dupré Mystery) by Eric Brown
• Season of Darkness by Cora Harrison
• Louise’ Crossing by Sarah R. Shaber
• A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie
• The White Feather Killer by R. N. Morris
• Rat Race by Dick Francis
• Diversity in Sameness
• Mr Finchley Discovers His England by Victor Canning
• Black Death by M. J. Trow
• A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
• The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
• Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert
• An Invitation to Die By Barbara Cleverly
• The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason
• The Missing Corpse by Jean-Luc Bannalec
• The Case of Miss Elliot: The Teahouse Detective by Baroness Orczy
• Remembering the Dead by Elizabeth J. Duncan
• The Books of the Dead by Emilia Bernhard
• The Spies of Shilling Lane
• A Conspiracy of Wolves
• Murder at Morrington Hall
• Watchers of the Dead
• Breaking the Lore
• The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair
• Jack Haldean Mysteries