Agatha Christie Seek-and-Find: Find the Clues and Criminals in 20 Mysteries
Growing up I was fond of hidden object games on the computer (oh yes, I was that hip-and-happening as a youth), so I was intrigued when this book was released. Whilst hidden object-based books are...
View ArticlePatreon Post: The Double Frame (1957) a.k.a. Knocked for a Loop by Craig Rice
w ones left to read, combined with the difficulty of finding these remaining titles cheaply. But I got lucky on eBay earlier in the year and nabbed The Double Frame, which is the UK title for Knocked...
View ArticleClassic Crime Reprints: April 2026
To finish off my blog housekeeping for April, today’s post is taking a brief look at the classic crime fiction which was reprinted last month. If you are wondering what other books have already been...
View ArticleStory of a Murder (2025) by Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold is an author whose work I have enjoyed in the past. You can read my review of The Five (2019) here. She is good at restoring the voices of women when it comes to writing about true...
View ArticleThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966) by Lilian Jackson Braun
This is the first in The Cat Who… series, and I decided to give it a go after I learnt that my grandma used to read them. There are 29 books in the series, which were published between 1966 and 2007....
View ArticlePatreon Post: Murder in White Pit (1947) by John Barrington
John Barrington was the penname of British writer David Harvey John Jones, who was born in 1900. He led a colourful life, and thanks goes to Steve who writes the Bear Alley blog, as it is through some...
View ArticleMy Top Ten Standalone Mysteries
As part of my book group I have compiled a few “Top 10” or “Top 5” lists and some of these have been very hard to put together, as invariably I have so many books I want to include. To date there are...
View ArticleThe Burglar in the Closet (1978) by Lawrence Block
Today I am reviewing the second book in the Bernie Rhodenbarr series, which has 13 titles altogether. This is my first time reading a mystery by this author. I particularly liked the quote by Dr Samuel...
View ArticleA Catalogue of Crime (1989) by Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor –...
Last month I published the first in a series of posts taking a look at some of Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor’s opinions on crime fiction. A Catalogue of Crime has reviews for thousands of...
View ArticlePatreon Post: The Third Eye (1937) by Ethel Lina White
It has been about a year since I have read a book by Ethel Lina White. My copy of The Third Eye is from the Paperback Library Gothic series, a series whose covers have not done White any favours....
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