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Inspector's Holiday

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

Murder Roundabout (spoilerish)

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

Home by Nightfall

  Home by Nightfall (2015) by Charles Finch Charles Lenox finds his attention divided in this ninth entry in the series. All of London is a...

Death Treads Softly

  Death Treads Softly (1956) ~George Bellairs (Harold Blundell) Chief Inspector Littlejohn escorts Finlo Crennell, the ex-harbormaster of C...

Calamity at Harwood

  Calamity at Harwood (1945) by George Bellairs (Harold Blundell) The bulk of the story is set in 1939 and the war is just heating up for B...

The Dishonest Murderer

  The Dishonest Murderer (1949) by Frances & Richard Lockridge It's New Year's Eve and Freddie (Winifred) Haven is ready to cel...

Surfeit of Suspects

  Surfeit of Suspects (1964) by George Bellairs (Harold Blundell) The growing town of Evingden is rocked by explosion one November evening....

Death Stops the Frolic

  Death Stops the Frolic (aka Turmoil in Zion ; 1943) by George Bellairs (Harold Blundell) The village of Swarebridge is all set to celebra...

He'd Rather Be Dead

  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...

An Old Betrayal

 An Old Betrayal (2013) Charles Lenox's detective protégé, Lord John Dallington, is very sick and asks Lenox to meet a client at Charin...

The Witness for the Prosecution & Other Stories

 The Witness for the Prosecution & Other Stories (1948) by Agatha Christie A good, solid collection of short stories by Agatha Christie...

And Then There Were None

  And Then There Were None (1939) by Agatha Christie Ten house guests found themselves trapped on an island--the prey of a diabolical killer...

Easy to Kill

 "No, no, my dear boy, that's where you're wrong. It's very easy to kill--so long as no one suspects you. And you see, the ...

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

  Hercule Poirot's Christma s (1938) by Agatha Christie (read by Hugh Fraser) From all appearances Simeon Lee is looking for a good old-...

Appointment with Death

  Appointment with Death (1938) by Agatha Christie Mrs. Boynton ruled her family with an iron will. She did not abuse them physically, but ...

The Clocks

  The Clocks (1963) by Agatha Christie (read by Robin Bailey) This is a reread for me (as are nearly all Christie stories) and I reviewed i...

Murder at Kensington Gardens

  Murder at Kensington Gardens (2018) by Lee Strauss Lady Ginger Gold takes her dog "Boss" (short for Boston) for a walk in Kensi...

Murder at the Mortuary

 Murder at the Mortuary (2020) by Lee Strauss The previous book left us with a cliffhanger. Ginger Gold had been investigating two mysterie...

Murder at Feathers & Flair

  Murder at Feathers & Flair (2018) by Lee Strauss Lady Ginger Gold has opened a new dress shop in Regent Street called Feathers & ...