Wednesday, September 16, 2015

The Paperback Guises of M. Poirot and Miss Marple

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Since the paperback revolution of the 1940s likenesses of Agatha Christie 's most famous sleuths, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, have o...
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In Honor of Agatha's 125th: Brad Friedman's Other Favorite Christies

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In Brad's last post he discussed his introduction to Agatha Christie through her bestselling mystery, And Then There Were None .  In Pa...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Agatha's 125th! Guest Post by Brad Friedman on the Occasion of Agatha Christie's 125th Birthday, Part I

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Today at The Passing Tramp we commemorate Agatha Christie's 125th birthday .  I know so many of us encountered Agatha Christie's su...
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Monday, September 14, 2015

Booked: The Book of the Crime (1951), by Elizabeth Daly

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Elizabeth Daly 's late-blooming but successful mystery-writing career was launched in 1940, when the author was past sixty, and ended, s...
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Friday, September 11, 2015

Thedora DuBois (1890-1986) and Her Sleuthing Couple Anne and Jeffrey McNeill: Guest Post by Lisa Kucharski

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Readers of the blog may recall that I disliked  Death Is Late to Lunch  (1941), the first Theodora DuBois mystery I read.  Particularly gr...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Family Portraits: Todd Downing (1902-1974) and his great grandfather Dr. James D. Shields (1816-1887)

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Todd Downing 1922 college annual photo when he was a student at the University of Oklahoma Longtime readers of this blog will know t...
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Monday, September 7, 2015

Marian Gallagher Scott (1891-1943): A Return Engagement

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Five detective novels by Marian Gallagher Scott were published between 1932 and 1946 (the last one posthumously, Gallagher having passed aw...
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