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...

Inspector's Holiday

Inspector's Holiday

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• Wednesday, March 16, 2022

  Inspector's Holiday (1971) by Richard Lockridge Inspector M. L. Heimrich and his wife Susan are booked for a leisurely Mediterranean ...

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...

Murder Roundabout (spoilerish)

Murder Roundabout (spoilerish)

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• Saturday, March 12, 2022

  Murder Roundabout (1966) by Richard Lockridge The lovely Annette Weaver ( née  LeBaron, film star) had thrown a picnic on the Fourth of J...