Masters of the “Humdrum” Mystery Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961 Curtis Evans 9780786470242 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers The so-called Humdrum writers are a deserving group in their own … Continue reading
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A Dark-Adapted Eye Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine First published in the UK 1986, Viking This edition Penguin, 1987 ISBN: 9780140086362 300 pages In these circumstances alone one knows when someone is going to die. Vera would die at eight o’clock … Continue reading
The Odd Flamingo Nina Bawden First published in the UK 1954, Collins This edition Bello, 2012 ISBN: 9781447235934 182 pages It was only through reading Nina Bawden’s obituaries last year that I realised a) she had also written for adults (this is … Continue reading
The Female Detective Andrew Forrester First published in the UK 1864 This edition The British Library, 2012 ISBN: 9780712358781 316 pages After thoroughly enjoying the high-Victorian larks of Mrs Paschal the Lady Detective last month, I turned with some enthusiasm to the … Continue reading
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Cop Hater Ed McBain First published in the US, 1956, Permabooks This edition Orion Books, 2003 ISBN: 9780752857916 188 pages The buildings were a stage-set. They faced the river, and they glowed with man-made brilliance, and you stared up at … Continue reading
Revelations of a Lady Detective William Stephens Hayward First published in the UK 1864 This edition The British Library Publishing Division, 2013 ISBN: 9780712358965 278 pages I mentioned the British Library’s services to classic crime fiction a few weeks back, and they … Continue reading
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Rogue Male Geoffrey Household First published in the UK 1939, Chatto and Windus This edition Orion Books, 2002 ISBN: 978075285139X 182 pages I saw my eyes fouled with earth, my hair and beard dripping with blood-red earth, my skin grey … Continue reading
Greenmantle John Buchan First published in the UK 1916, Hodder & Stoughton This edition: Wordsworth Editions, 1994 ISBN: 1853262048 240 pages There is a dry wind blowing through the East, and the parched grasses wait the spark. Greenmantle opens 18 months … Continue reading
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Bloody Murder – From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History Julian Symons First published in the UK Faber and Faber Ltd, 1972 This edition 1975, Penguin ISBN: 0140037942 270 pages I continue my occasional series on non-fiction books … Continue reading
The Widow and the Warhorse Marko Kolar First published in Yugoslavia, no date This edition published AFD, 1 April 1973 ISBN: N/A 198 pages Twenty years ago, Kukavica had marched boldly through this very bus station and stood smartly at … Continue reading
