Tuesday, January 26, 2021

The Problem of the Green Capsule, by John Dickson Carr

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  Bantam, 1964 (reprint) originally published 1939 168 pp mass market paperback "... there was a trick in it somehow..." The secon...
Sunday, January 10, 2021

The Beast Must Die, by Nicholas Blake

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  9781911295945 ipso books, 2017 originally published 1938 251 pp paperback While I'm very a much a mystery series purist, meaning I hav...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Portrait of a Murderer: A Christmas Crime Story, by Anne Meredith

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  9781464209048 Poisoned Pen Press, 2018 originally published 1933 243 pp paperback Warning: cute and cozy this book is definitely not.  Whi...
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Friday, December 25, 2020

Where's the warning label? Rules for Perfect Murders, aka Eight Perfect Murders, by Peter Swanson

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File under:  WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?????   I don't know what was going through this author's head, but what he's done here is ab...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The Decagon House Murders, by Yukito Ayatsuji

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  9781782276340 Pushkin Vertigo, 2020 originally published as Jukkakukan no Satsujin  ( 十角館の殺人),   1987 translated by Ho-Ling Wong 284 pp pa...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

two in one: Ruth Sawtell Wallis: Too Many Bones / Blood From a Stone

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  9781951473099 Stark House, 2020 268 pp paperback -- my many, grateful thanks for my copy.   This book is literally hot off the press (well...
Monday, October 12, 2020

The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman

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  9781984880963 Viking, 2020 355 pp hardcover I genuinely hope there is another book after this one, since I really  enjoyed The Thursday Mu...