Browsing YouTube tonight I’ve made a real discovery. Somebody called TellyComedyAndDrama has uploaded all 26 episodes of the 1950s TV series Colonel March, based on the Carter Dickson character – ‘the leading nosey-body in the world,’ according to his Scotland … Continue reading
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The Poisoned Chocolates Case Anthony Berkeley First published in the UK 1929 This edition 1986, Penguin Books ISBN: 0140081615 254 pages Score 3/5 This was the another of Mrs Offence’s selections. Only two more to go. The irascible Sir Eustace Pennefather is … Continue reading
The Key to Rebecca Ken Follett First published in the UK 1980, Hamish Hamilton Ltd This edition 1988, Pan Books ISBN: 0552118109 341 pages Score 2/5 This was another of Mrs Offence’s selections and is number 95 in the CWA Top 100. ‘The last … Continue reading
Twice Shy Dick Francis First published in the UK 1981, Michael Joseph This edition 1982, Pan Books ISBN: 0330269186 256 pages Score 2/5 ‘My affection for horses was so deep and went back so far that I couldn’t imagine life … Continue reading
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Sadie When She Died Ed McBain First published in the UK 1972, Hamish Hamilton Ltd This edition 1974, Pan Books ISBN: 0330240129 160 pages Score 4/5 This was the first of Mrs Offence’s selections. Last Monday afternoon, when he could … Continue reading
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The Colour of Murder Julian Symons First published in the UK 1957, Collins This edition 1959, Fontana Books ISBN: 0340014393 191 pages Score 4/5 The third of my wife’s birthday selections, and the last I’ll open for a while as … Continue reading
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Nine Coaches Waiting Mary Stewart First published in the UK 1958, Hodder and Stoughton This edition 1992, Coronet Books ISBN: 0340014393 317 pages Score 3/5 Hmm. Mary Stewart. Turns up twice in the CWA Top 100 (as often as Rendell, McBain … Continue reading
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The Third Man Graham Greene First published in the UK 1950 This edition 1985, Reclam ISBN: 9783150091807 147 pages not including Anmerkungen, Literaturhinweise and Nachwort Score 4/5 This was the second of Mrs Offence’s birthday selections. It’s one of those … Continue reading
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It was my birthday this week and Mrs Offences has very kindly been second-hand-book shopping on my behalf, the results of which are pictured on the left. I’m going to be unwrapping these as I come to them but I did … Continue reading
From the excellent Mysterious Press series ‘The 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense’, comes the story of the 1946 Lana Turner version of The Postman Always Rings Twice. Read my review of the James M. Cain book.
