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Inspector Colbeck’s Casebook (2014) by Edward Marston
Prior to starting this blog, I read quite a few books by Marston: 3 novels from the Railway Detective series, 3 from the Nicholas Bracewell series and 1 novel from the Doomsday series. However, it was...
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Golden Age Bibliomysteries (2023) ed. by Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler writes the introduction for this anthology, outlining what a bibliomystery is, as well as providing a list of recommended bibliomystery novels. How many have you read? The Smiling Corpse...
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It’s Time to Get Your Coffee & Crime Classic Crime Advent Calendar
Whilst the launch day of the 2024 Coffee and Crime Classic Crime Advent Calendar is not as highly anticipated as the release of Taylor Swift concert tickets or of a new iPhone, it has been encouraging...
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Make-Up for Murder (1966) by June Wright
June Wright was an Australian crime writer who published six novels between 1948 and 1966 and another of her mysteries was published posthumously in 2015. I have reviewed all seven of these titles...
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My Top Ten from the 1930s
If you follow the blogs of Brad (Ah Sweet Mystery) and John (Countdown John’s Christie Journal) then you will already know that our book group did something different last Sunday, in that we shared...
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Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel (2024) – Adapted and...
Autumn seems to be the time that I dabble in reading graphic novels as last September I read three graphic novel versions of Agatha Christie’s The Big four, Evil Under the Sun and Dead Man’s Folly....
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Mirror Lake (2020) by Juneau Black
Today I am reviewing the third book in the Shady Hollow mystery series, which if you are unfamiliar with it, is a series occupied by anthropomorphic animals. I have previously reviewed the first two...
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Tell Tale Murder (1952) by Philip Weathers
Earlier this year, in the summer, I received some play scripts and Weathers’ was of them. I gave a brief overview of this play and the four others here. I chose to read Tell Tale Murder first as I was...
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Book of the Month: September 2024 and Agatha Christie Poll Results
September was not a bad month for reading, clocking up 13 books. I think my reading was more diverse from a format/style point of view as I read: 5 classic crime mysteries 1 mystery play 1 graphic...
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A Six-Letter Word for Death (1983) by Patricia Moyes
It has been around a year (give or take a couple of weeks) since I last read and reviewed a mystery by Patricia Moyes. I have a few titles by her sitting on my TBR pile, but I chose this one from the...
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A Three Dog Problem (2021)
I read the first book in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates series back in 2021. I remember enjoying it, but unlike my husband who has kept more up to date with the series, I have been slow to...
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The Pretty Pink Shroud (1977) by Elizabeth Ferrars
Today I am reviewing my 18th read by Elizabeth Ferrars and it is one of her non-series titles. I felt like I must have read quite a chunk of her books by now, but having looked up her bibliography, I...
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The Fifth Caller (1959) by Helen Nielsen
My reading copy of this story was from the Detective Book Club series, which produced 3 in 1 mystery fiction volumes. However, The Fifth Caller was also reprinted in 2019 by Stark House Press, in a...
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Death of an Editor (1931) by Vernon Loder
It has been three years since I have read anything by this author. Previously I have reviewed: The Mystery at Stowe (1928), The Shop Window Murders (1930) and Good by Stealth (1936), the latter title...
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The Examiner (2024) by Janice Hallett
I got this book from the library to review, which was a first for me. Not that I have never used a library before, (in my youth I bottomed one library’s children’s section, probably because I usually...
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The Edinburgh Mystery and Other Tales of Scottish Crime (2022) ed. by Martin...
The introduction to this anthology gives a brief look at the ‘long and dazzling history’ of ‘Scottish crime fiction’, with an early example being mentioned as James Hogg’s The Private Memoirs and...
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The Spider-Orchid (1977) by Celia Fremlin
I selected this book to finish off my October reading, due to the great time I had with Prisoner’s Base (1967) in July. That novel received a rare 5/5 from me, so my hopes for The Spider-Orchid were...
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Book of the Month: October 2024
October flew by for various reasons, and I only managed eight reads. A lot of October was also spent trying to catch up on my September reviews, which was a reading heavy month. It is often said that...
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Death and Fromage (2022) by Ian Moore
This is the second book in the Follet Valley mystery series, which my husband got into earlier this year. When he read Death and Fromage, he laughed out loud so much that companionable reading was...
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Mini Mysteries: Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles (2024) by...
Today I am reviewing something a little bit different, and not by myself either, as with the assistance of my husband’s seven-year-old niece, Naomi, I am taking a look at a new children’s edition of...
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