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The Castle Island Case

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

The Mystery of the Talking Skull

  The Mystery of the Talking Skull (1969) by Robert Arthur Jupiter Jones, chief investigator of The Three Investigators detective agency, d...

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...

The Corpse with the Grimy Glove

 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...

March Vintage Scattergories Reviews

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Surfeit of Suspects

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

Portrait of a Dead Heiress

 Portrait of a Dead Heiress (1965) by Thomas B. Dewey Apparently Lorrie King, a beautiful young Chicago heiress, wanted to make her death t...

Midsummer Nightmare

 Midsummer Nightmare (1945) by Christopher Hale (Frances Moyer Ross Stevens) Olivia Warburton is the confidential secretary to Sybrand Jenn...

Clutch of Constables

  Clutch of Constables (1968) by Ngaio Marsh Troy Alleyn, wife of Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard, decides to take a small break...

Clouds of Witness

  Clouds of Witness  (1926) by Dorothy L. Sayers (read by Ian Carmichael) Lord Peter Wimsey's brother--Gerald, Duke of Denver--had gathe...

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...

Sad Cypress

  Sad Cypress (1940) by Agatha Christie The story opens in court. Elinor Carlisle is on trial for her life--accused of poisoning one Mary G...

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...

The Golden Box

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

The Murderer Who Wanted More

 The Murderer Who Wanted More (1943) by Baynard Kendrick Bonnie Critten was mugged in her apartment's vestibule. A few days later she w...

Death Walks in Marble Halls

  Death Walks in Marble Halls (1942) by Lawrence G. Blochman Murder runs amok at the New York Public Library. Phil Manning, with library pr...

Midnight Sailing

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

February Vintage Scattergories Reviews

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