In short, status: failed. The rules to the 2014 Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge are explained over at My Reader’s Block. Basically I decided to complete the Silver bingo card which covers books first published in the period 1960 to 1989. As you’ll see … Continue reading
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The Tiger in the Smoke Margery Allingham First published in the UK 1952, Chatto & Windus This edition The New Windmill Series, Heinemann, 1962 272 pages Source: Reviewer’s own ‘Do you remember those years, Amanda? They seem quite mad at this distance. Dull, … Continue reading
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A Taste for Death P. D. James First published in the UK 1986, Faber and Faber This edition Penguin Books in association with Faber, 2005 ISBN: 9780571229604 514 pages Source: British Red Cross, Wymondham The story opens alongside a canal towpath in … Continue reading
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The Danger Dick Francis First published in the UK 1983, Michael Joseph Ltd This edition Pan Books, 2007 ISBN: 9780330450423 406 pages Source: British Red Cross, Wymondham Kidnapping, you see, is my business. Andrew Douglas works for Liberty Market, an agency … Continue reading
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Mr Campion’s Falcon Philip Youngman Carter First published in the UK 1970, William Heinemann This edition Penguin Books, 1973 ISBN: 9780140166125 198 pages Source: Oxfam, Cambridge The weekend’s big activity was dusting the downstairs bookshelves. Amongst other forgotten treasures hidden behind … Continue reading
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Mr Campion’s Farthing Philip Youngman Carter First published in the UK 1969, William Heinemann This edition Penguin Books, 1971 ISBN: 9780140166132 192 pages Source: Reviewer’s own News of a new Albert Campion novel from Severn House prompted me to re-read an … Continue reading
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The False Inspector Dew Peter Lovesey First published in the UK, Macmillan, 1982 This edition Soho Press Inc., US ISBN: 9781569472552 252 pages Source: Reviewer’s own SS MAURETANIA. 9 SEPT 1921. REFERENCE SUSPICIOUS DEATH ON BOARD HAVE INVITED CHIEF INSPECTOR DEW … Continue reading
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What Bloody Man is That? Simon Brett First published in the UK 1987 This edition Dell Publishing, 1989 ISBN: 0440203449 232 pages Source: My Reader’s Block After I completed last year’s Vintage Mystery Challenge, Bev at My Reader’s Block was kind … Continue reading
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After successfully completing last year’s Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge, I’m going to try to do the same in 2014. The rules to this year’s challenge are explained over at My Reader’s Block. Basically I’m going to be trying to complete … Continue reading
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