Friday, February 14, 2020

When Will You Pay Me? The Bells at Old Bailey (1947), by Dorothy Bowers

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When Will You Pay Me? Say the Bells at Old Bailey -- Oranges and Lemons aka The Bells of London (trad. English nursery rhyme) But I bel...
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Sunday, February 9, 2020

Coming Attractions in February and March: All for the Love of the Crime Ladies

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I was kept rather busy most of January, so was not even able to finish my Ten Carrs of Christmas.  Which puts me in a quandary: do I do fini...
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Women's Worlds: Fear for Miss Betony (1941), by Dorothy Bowers

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When in 2005 Rue Morgue Press reprinted the five detective novels of Englishwoman Dorothy Violet Bowers (1902-1948), it presaged the wave ...
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Monday, January 6, 2020

No Cornflakes, Kiddos! The Case of the Nervous Accomplice (1955), by Erle Stanley Gardner

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"I wish I had one of these facile plotting brains, like Erle Stanley Gardner, or somebody.  I have good ideas for about four books, but...
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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

The Ten Carrs of Christmas: Death in Five Boxes (1938), by Carter Dickson, aka John Dickson Carr

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On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Death in Five Boxes! You probably guessed that one was coming, but I also genuinely ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The Ten Carrs of Christmas: Till Death Do Us Part (1944), by John Dickson Carr

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On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Six Ashes Towering The whole damned business was too close!  Too personal!  Too entw...
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Thursday, December 26, 2019

The Ten Carrs of Christmas: The Dead Man's Knock (1958)

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On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me Seven Collegians Screaming I've already written about The Dead Man's Kno...