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The Best Mysteries of the 1940s: My Top Ten
So, the moment has finally arrived when I share which mysteries made it into my top 10. For the past four days I have been posting my long list of 40 titles, which just missed out on being within the...
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Blackout and Other Tales of Suspense (2025) by Ethel Lina White
This collection was put together to mark 80 years since the death of Ethel Lina White, a writer whose work has given many hours of tense and suspense-filled entertainment. A while ago I ranked the...
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Murder by Jury (1932) by Ruth Burr Sanborn
There are a few vintage mystery novels which focus on a jury. The first two that sprang to mind were Verdict of Twelve (1940) by Raymond Postgate and The Jury (1932) by Gerald Bullett. Curtis Evans...
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Celebrating Women Crime Authors: Victoria Dowd’s The Smart Women Logic Puzzle
Today at the British Library an event is running called Deadly: The Festival of Women Writing Crime. The event is described as ‘a celebration of the very best in contemporary crime writing by women....
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Puzzle No.2: Hidden Words – The Ann Cleeves and Elly Griffths Edition
Today at the British Library an event is running called Deadly: The Festival of Women Writing Crime. The event is described as ‘a celebration of the very best in contemporary crime writing by women....
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Puzzle No. 3: Location, Location, Location: Female Crime Writers and their...
Today at the British Library an event is running called Deadly: The Festival of Women Writing Crime. The event is described as ‘a celebration of the very best in contemporary crime writing by women....
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Murder on the Aphrodite (1935) by Ruth Barr Sanborn
Last week I reviewed Sanborn’s first detective story, Murder by Jury (1932) and this week I am looking at another. This story takes place on Mrs Van Wycke’s yacht, which is beached on an island off...
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Book of the Month: March 2025
It has been a reasonably busy month on the blog, with 21 posts, although I did rather lose my reading mojo at the end of the month. However, some new books arrived from American Mystery Classics...
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#MurderEveryMonday Roundup: March 2025
Yesterday I posted about my reading during March, so that means today I am going to be taking a look back at the #MurderEveryMonday themes which took place during last month. #MurderEveryMonday is a...
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The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943) by Erle Stanley Gardner
Today’s read is my 10th Perry Mason review for the blog, although I have read 11 books by Gardner overall. Nevertheless, I think I need a few more Gardners under my belt, before I attempt a top ten...
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Murder by the Clock (1929) by Rufus King
This month my book group are venturing into waters unknown with an author (I think) we have not tried before.* Early bird Brad has already reviewed this mystery, which you can read here. More by...
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Cat’s Claw (1943) by Dolores Hitchens
This is my fifth read in Dolores Hitchens’ (who originally penned these titles under the name D. B. Olsen) Rachel Murdock mystery series, something which would have been impossible, if American...
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