The Castle Island Case

The Castle Island Case

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• Sunday, March 20, 2022

  The Castle Island Case (1937) by F. Van Wyck Mason [pictures by Henry Clay Gipson] Major Roger Allenby, ex-Army Intelligence and current ...

The Man in the Moonlight

The Man in the Moonlight

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  The Man in the Moonlight (1940) by Helen McCloy The Man in the Moonlight is one of my favorite subgenres in mysteries--the academic myste...

Death of an Angel

Death of an Angel

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• Tuesday, March 15, 2022

  Death of an Angel (1955) by Frances & Richard Lockridge Pam & Jerry North find themselves plunged into a mystery in the theater wo...

The Devil in Music

The Devil in Music

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• Monday, March 14, 2022

  The Devil in Music (1997) by Kate Ross In a flashback to four years ago, Ross starts the story with Lodovico Malvezzi, an autocratic Ital...

The Corpse with the Grimy Glove

The Corpse with the Grimy Glove

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• Sunday, March 6, 2022

 The Corpse with the Grimy Glove (aka More Than One Serpent , 1938) by R. A. J. Walling This is the 15th entry in the Philip Tolefree serie...

The Ghost Finders

The Ghost Finders

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• Thursday, March 3, 2022

  The Ghost Finders (2021) ~Adam McOmber The Ghost Finders firm, founded by Phillip Langford, consists of Henry Caxton, Violet Asquith, and...

A Broken Vessel

A Broken Vessel

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• Monday, February 28, 2022

  A Broken Vessel (1994) by Kate Ross Regency dandy Julian Kestrel is brought into a second mystery--this time by the sister of his valet, ...

He'd Rather Be Dead

He'd Rather Be Dead

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• Wednesday, February 16, 2022

  He'd Rather Be Dead (1945) by George Bellairs Sir Gideon Ware has a positive talent for ticking people off. Several years ago, he set...

The Golden Box

The Golden Box

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• Monday, February 14, 2022

 The Golden Box (1942) by Frances Crane Jean Holly (not yet Abbott) returns to her home town in Illinois to visit an ailing aunt. She hasn...

Murder Must Advertise (BBC Audio)

Murder Must Advertise (BBC Audio)

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• Sunday, February 13, 2022

Murder Must Advertise (1933) by Dorothy L. Sayers BBC Audio Version with Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey I love the Lord Peter Wimsey bo...

The Murder Game

The Murder Game

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• Saturday, February 12, 2022

  The Murder Game (1993) by Steve Allen Steve Allen and his wife, Jayne Meadows, were staples of the 50s, 60s, and 70s panel game shows. St...

This Club Frowns on Murder

This Club Frowns on Murder

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• Friday, February 11, 2022

  This Club Frowns on Murder (1990) by Albert Borowitz Members of the Alumni Club (connected to a famous University) in New York City have ...

Midnight Sailing

Midnight Sailing

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• Wednesday, February 9, 2022

  Midnight Sailing (1938) by Lawrence G. Blochman It's the late 1930s and the world is heading for another global war. Dorothy Bonner...

The Egyptologist

The Egyptologist

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• Sunday, February 6, 2022

  The Egyptologist (2004) by Arthur Phillips The first storyline opens in Egypt,1922. Ralph Trilipush, Egyptologist lately of Harvard, is w...

Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man

Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man

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• Saturday, February 5, 2022

 Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man (2016) by William Shatner with David Fisher From the book flap: Leonard Nimoy and ...

Cut to the Quick

Cut to the Quick

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• Tuesday, February 1, 2022

  Cut to the Quick (1993) by Kate Ross Julian Kestrel--dandy, man about town. Devoted to the gaming tables and the latest Regency-era fashi...