Friday, April 19, 2019

The Cases of Lieutenant Timothy Trant (2019), by Q. Patrick (Richard Webb and Hugh Wheeler)

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I am excited this Easter weekend to announce that another collection of short stories by Richard Webb and Hugh Wheeler is due out this year ...
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Monday, April 15, 2019

Americans in Paris and Notre-Dame Cathedral

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Adam and Even and the Forbidden Fruit (stained glass detail) Hearing of and watching the horrific devouring  fire at  Notre-Dame Cathed...
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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Tea and 'teckery: Speaker of Mandarin (1983), by Ruth Rendell

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Nigel stood in the doorway and looked at him [Inspector Alleyn]. "He isn't in the least like a detective," thought Nigel....He...
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Saturday, April 6, 2019

Women on the Verge--Or Even Past It....The Fallen Curtain (1976), by Ruth Rendell

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Part I Ruth Rendell 's first volume of short fiction, The Fallen Curtain , was published in 1976, 41 years before her posthumous and pr...
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Monday, April 1, 2019

Just a Drop! A Spot of Folly (2017), by Ruth Rendell

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When a beloved, highly prolific crime writer passes away while still sitting in their writing saddle, their publisher naturally seeks some w...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Russian Collusion Kills! The Counterfeit Murders (1932), by Victor MacClure

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Recently blogger TomCat wrote about one of the better Victor MacClure mysteries, Death Behind the Door .  MacClure wrote one or two othe...
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Sunday, March 17, 2019

Swan Song: Light Thickens (1982), by Ngaio Marsh, a sequel of sorts to Death at the Dolphin (1966)

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Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood -- Macbeth, William Shakespeare Last books by long-lived, prolific mystery wri...
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