Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Past and Presents: Christmas Mourning (2010), by Margaret Maron

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A few days after Christmas I reviewed Margaret Maron 's Sigrid Harald Christmas mystery, Corpus Christmas (1989), promising to review Ma...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

It's the Final Countdown! Best Books Blogged 2015

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At least for this year.  With luck, The Passing Tramp and the world will still be around a year from now for yet another countdown of th...
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Waiting for the Countdown: Best Books Blogged in 2015

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It's that time of year again, where we count down the best books blogs the past year at The Passing Tramp .  As Lindsey Buckingham sings...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

A Really Late Christmas Number: Corpus Christmas (1989), by Margaret Maron

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"Writers with something profound to say write poetry, writers with something serious to say write novels, but writers with nothing to s...
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Friday, December 18, 2015

Coming Attractions! More Ianthe Jerrold Mysteries: Let Him Lie (1940) and There May Be Danger (1948)

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I would be remiss not to mention that the fabulously well-read  Michael Dirda , in " Beyond the Bestsellers ," his Washington Po...
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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Worst. Parents. Ever. A Sight for Sore Eyes (1998), by Ruth Rendell

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The awesomely prolific late crime writer Ruth Rendell (1930-2015), produced two dozen Inspector Wexford novels in the half century that span...
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Saturday, November 28, 2015

The Vultures Gather: The Grindle Nightmare (1935), by Q. Patrick

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"When the buzzards roost in Grindle Oak, Death comes to the valley." -- The Grindle Nightmare . The Grindle Nightmare  (19...
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