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The Puzzle Doctor has moved us forward a few decades, picking 1971 as our focus for December. Some non-crime books from 1971: Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, William … Continue reading
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Welcome to the round-up page for this month’s crime-fiction-of-the-year challenge. Thanks to everyone who contributed, and as usual I apologise in advance if I’ve missed your entry. I’m bound to have missed somebody. Last month John at Pretty Sinister Books brought … Continue reading
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Mystery in White J. Jefferson Farjeon First published in the UK, 1937, Wright and Brown This edition: British Library, 2014 256 pages Source: Review copy from the British Library – thanks. The Great Snow began on the evening of December 19th. The Mystery in White … Continue reading
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With a Bare Bodkin Cyril Hare First published in the UK, 1946, Faber and Faber This edition: Penguin Books, 1954 220 pages ‘This place would make quite a good setting for a homicide.’ When I last encountered Frances Pettigrew, in … Continue reading
My local paper, the Eastern Daily Press, has been carrying a few stories about the new BBC version of Partners in Crime, which has been filming in the seaside town of Cromer. Today it had a picture of David Walliams … Continue reading
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The Moon Rock Arthur J. Rees First published in the UK, 1922 This edition: Project Gutenberg The pride of the Turold family rested on the belief that they were of noble blood—the lineal inheritors of a great English title which had … Continue reading
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie First published in the US, 1920, John Lane 296 pages (in the first edition) Source: Project Gutenberg ‘Look after her, Mr. Hastings. My poor Emily. They’re a lot of sharks – all of them… … Continue reading
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Welcome to this month’s crime fiction of the year sign-up page. John from Pretty Sinister Books won last month’s spookiest book competition, with a bit of Fu-Manchu from 1932. His choice for November is 1946. A year when the world … Continue reading
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