The Passing Tramp: Wandering through the mystery genre, book by book.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Mothers Are Doing It for Themselves: Psycho (1959), by Robert Bloch
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Mothers sometimes are overly possessive, but not all children allow themselves to be possessed. -- Psycho (1959), Robert Bloch NOTE: Spoile...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Crow's on the Cradle: Philip MacDonald's The White Crow (1928)
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Rockabye baby, the black and the white Somebody's baby was born for a fight Rockabye baby, the white and the black Somebody's baby i...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
"Murder!" He Rasped: The Rasp (1924), by Philip MacDonald
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"What do they call the thing ?" "Wood-rasp [answered Gethryn]. A file for wood." "If you love me, call me mister, ...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
A Sprig of Laurel: Philip MacDonald, Some Preliminary Biography and Bibliography
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Phillip MacDonald (1900-1980) in his early thirties at the time of his height of popularity as a crime writer British novelist and screenwri...
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Monday, August 11, 2025
The Adventure of the Two Collaborators: The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954), by John Dickson Carr and Adrian Conan Doyle
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With apologies to J. M. Barrie 1952-53 was a tough time for John Dickson Carr , who in his mid-forties suffered from physical illness and o...
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