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
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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
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The Guns of Navarone Alistair MacLean First published in the UK 1957, William Collins Sons & Co This edition 1978, Fontana Books ISBN: 000615400X 255 pages Score 3/5 For whatever reason, when the CWA compiled their list of the top … Continue reading
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Strangers on a Train Patricia Highsmith First published in the US, Harper and Brothers, 1950 This edition Vintage Books ISBN: 0099283077 256 pages Reviewed by guest blogger, Clothes in Books. Rich had the idea that he should get someone else to … Continue reading
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Gideon’s Day J. J. Marric First published in the UK 1955, Hodder & Stoughton This edition 1958, Pan Books ISBN: N/A 188 pages Score 5/5 This was the last of Mrs Offence’s selections. I opened the Woman in White earlier … Continue reading
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 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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Smallbone Deceased Michael Gilbert First published in the UK 1950, Hodder and Stoughton This edition Chivers Press (Black Dagger Crime), 2001 ISBN: 0 7540 8600 3 192 pages Score 4/5 Mystery Scene magazine recently profiled Michael Gilbert, saying, ‘Gilbert seems … Continue reading
