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Nina Bawden: The Odd Flamingo

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

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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Andrew Forrester: The Female Detective

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

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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William Stephens Hayward: Revelations of a Lady Detective

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

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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Geoffrey Household: Rogue Male

Posted on April 23, 2013 by
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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 →

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John Buchan: Greenmantle

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

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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Just the Facts: Julian Symons’ Bloody Murder

Posted on April 11, 2013 by
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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 →

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First look at Adam Rayner as the Saint

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

More classic crime gets an update this year with a new TV version of Leslie Charteris’ The Saint. Adam Rayner plays thief/hero Simon Templar (the Saint) opposite Eliza Dushku’s Patricia Holm as his hacker-companion. Here’s the trailer, released into YouTube … Continue reading →

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Christianna Brand: Green for Danger

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Green for Danger Christianna Brand First published in the UK 1945, The Bodley Head This edition, Hamlyn Paperbacks 1982 ISBN: 0600203808 160 pages Something was going wrong. Higgins’s face was turning from blue to dark plum colour, showing on the cheek … Continue reading →

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Green for Danger

Posted on March 25, 2013 by
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Green for Danger Pinewood Studios, England, 1946 Directed by Sidney Gilliat Screenplay by Sidney Gilliat and Claude Guerney Stars Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard, Sally Gray and Rosamund John Green for Danger is a difficult film to categorise. Crime, obviously. But also it has healthy doses of horror … Continue reading →

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Graham Greene: Brighton Rock

Posted on March 24, 2013 by
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Brighton Rock Graham Greene First published in the UK 1938 This edition 2011, Vintage Classics ISBN: 9780099541684 304 pages Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him. Hale is a journalist with a … Continue reading →

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