The Passing Tramp: Wandering through the mystery genre, book by book.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Mignon Eberhart in Valentine, Nebraska, c. 1928-1930
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Mignon Eberhart Mignonette Good Eberhart, known to the world as the mystery writer Mignon Eberhart , was born in Nebraska on July 6, 189...
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Friday, December 5, 2014
I Saw it with My Own Two Eyes: Independent Witness (1963), by Henry Cecil
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Henry Cecil Leon (1902-1976) was an English judge who in 1951 started, under the name Henry Cecil, a series of two dozen novels, very often...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
The Golden Age in Modern Memory: Historians of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction
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" A crime novel, however ingenious and exciting the plot, can only succeed if we care primarily about the people. " ...
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Sunday, November 30, 2014
It Takes a Village: Whispering Tongues (1934), by Laurence Kirk
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" An absorbingly interesting story, excellently written, natural, convincing....If every thriller were as worth while [as Whispering To...
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Friday, November 28, 2014
P. D. James (1920-2014)
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I was very sad to learn, getting in late from Thanksgiving festivities, of the death of P. D. James . I have enjoyed reading her crime fict...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Vanishing History: Wilders Walk Away (1948), by Herbert Brean
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Other people die of mumps, Or general decay, Of fever, chills or others ills But Wilders walk away. Herbert Brean 's first crime ...
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Saturday, November 22, 2014
How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm After They've Seen Rio? The Farm at Paranao (The Farm at Santa Fe) (1935), by Laurence Kirk Full Review
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Up to that afternoon one would have felt quite certain in predicting the course of Fanny's future life. It would be a dull, safe, respec...
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