Friday, March 1, 2013

Short Form: Designs on Life (1980), by Elizabeth Ferrars

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Designs on Life , an  interesting collection of short stories by the prolific British crime writer Elizabeth Ferrars (1907-1995), appeared ...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Two by Barnard: Robert Barnard's A Cry from the Dark (2003) and Last Post (2008)

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I've been reading some Robert Barnard works from the last decade and quite enjoying them.  A Cry from the Dark and Last Post , the two ...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Detecting Todd Downing: A Conversation with Professor James H. Cox

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James H. Cox James H. Cox is an associate professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Muting Whi...
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Friday, February 22, 2013

Dropped Down Under: Death of an Old Goat (1974), by Robert Barnard

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In " Avoiding Academia ," an article he contributed for a themed issue (Academic Mysteries) of Mystery Readers Journal in Winter 1...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

It was X in the Bedroom with the Candlestick: Written in Blood (1994), by Caroline Graham

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Who dotted Gerald with the candlestick? Actually, they don't have bedrooms in Clue/Cluedo , do they?  Or bathrooms? I suppose they...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Is It Comfy or Cosy? M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney) on the Craft of Crime

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I enjoyed this interview in the Daily Record with Marion Chesney , aka M. C. Beaton , creator of sleuths Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin. ...
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Dark Death: Night Walk (1947), by Elizabeth Daly

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In a prolific burst of creativity between 1940 and 1951 Elizabeth Daly (1878-1967) published sixteen detective novels--all with her series ...
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