Commemorative stamp celebrating Egypt’s Police Day in 1977
Every month here on Past Offences, we select a year and ask bloggers to read a crime book, watch a film, or listen to a radio show from that year… Crimes of the Century.
So far we’ve done the following years, so plenty left to choose from.
1930
1932
1933
1934
1936
1937
1939
1941
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1949
Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews 
Pingback: #1949book sign-up page | Past Offences Classic Crime Fiction
Pingback: Review: The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett | The Game's Afoot
Pingback: Badass biddies, screaming mimis and, erm, a fur turban: #1949 book | Past Offences Classic Crime Fiction
Pingback: ‘The more I read of the Golden Age’ #1934book results | Past Offences Classic Crime Fiction
Pingback: Peter Lovesey: Bertie and the Tinman | Past Offences Classic Crime Fiction
Pingback: Child’s Play by Reginald Hill | In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: ‘It gets odder when Troy wears a jumpsuit’: #1980book roundup | Past Offences Classic Crime Fiction
Pingback: The TBR Book Tag | In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: ‘Crack out the railway timetables’: #1922book results | Past Offences Classic Crime Fiction
Pingback: Happy New Year 2016 | In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: Night At The Mocking Widow by Carter Dickson | In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: ‘A mud fight at a village fair’: #1950book results | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: C. Gordon: Solv-a-Crime | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: The Pleasure Cruise Mystery by Robin Forsythe | In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: Margery Allingham: Sweet Danger | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: #1933 Book: MURDER MUST ADVERTISE by Dorothy L. Sayers | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Books of the month: February 2016 | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Review: Maigret in New York, 1947 (Inspector Maigret #27) by Georges Simenon (Trans: Linda Coverdale) – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: A Night Of Errors by Michael Innes – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: Review: The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (1945) by John Dickson Carr, as Carter Dickson – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Early Morning Murder by Miles Burton aka John Rhode – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: Review: DEATH OF A SWAGMAN by Arthur Upfield | Fair Dinkum Crime
Pingback: Margery Allingham: Coroner’s Pidgin | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Books of the month: March 2016 | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Books of the month: April 2016 | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: ‘You waited for anything and everything these days’: #1945book reviews | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: The Missing Minx | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: #1929book sign-up page | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Books of the month: April 2016 | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Books of the month: June 2016 | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Review: THE CHIMNEY MURDER by E.M. Channon | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Patricia Wentworth: Fool Errant | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: 1944 sign-up page | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Books of the month: June 2016 | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Review: Signed, Picpus, 1944 (Inspector Maigret #23) by Georges Simenon. Trans: David Coward – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Review: Towards Zero (1944) by Agatha Christie – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: #1954book sign-up page | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Crime Wave (1954, filmed 1952) Directed by André De Toth – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Vegetable Duck by John Rhode – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: Helen MacInnes: While Still We Live | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Books of the month: July 2016 | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Margery Allingham: No Love Lost | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Death On The Lawn by John Rhode – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: #1930book sign-up page | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Review: DEATH OF A LAKE by Arthur Upfield | Fair Dinkum Crime
Pingback: Review: STRONG POISON by Dorothy L. Sayers | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: It Walks By Night by John Dickson Carr – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: Review: Pietr the Latvian, 1930 (Inspector Maigret #1) by Georges Simenon (Trans: David Bellos) – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Review: The Coldstone (1930) by Patricia Wentworth – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Review: PIETR THE LATVIAN by Georges Simenon | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Review: The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: 1907 sign-up page | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: ‘A full account of how to make a jam omelette’: The #1930book round-up | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Review: THE RED THUMB MARK by R. Austin Freeman | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Review: The Secret Agent (1907) by Joseph Conrad | A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: The Red Thumb Mark by R Austin Freeman – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: #1975book sign-up page | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Books of the month: October 2016 | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Review: Last Bus to Woodstock (1975) by Colin Dexter | A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Review: VANISHING POINT by Pat Flower | Fair Dinkum Crime
Pingback: 1960 book sign-up page | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Review: A STRANGER IN MY GRAVE by Margaret Millar | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: 2016 – Crimes of the Century | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Review: Maigret in Court, 1960 (Inspector Maigret #55) by Georges Simenon. Trans: Robert Brain | A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Legacy Of Death by Miles Burton – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: Review: The New Sonia Wayward, 1960 (aka The Case of Sonia Wayward) by Michael Innes | A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Dr. Priestley Detective Series | A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: 1959book sign-up | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Books of the month: December 2016 | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: 2017: Bookish Goals | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: 1943 sign-up page | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: ‘The admiration that existed for all things American’: 1959 books | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Review: The Conqueror Inn: A Bobby Owen Mystery (1943) by E.R. Punshon – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Murder, M.D. by Miles Burton aka John Rhode – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: The Goblin Market by Helen McCloy – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: Review: THE CHINESE SHAWL by Patricia Wentworth | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Review: She Died a Lady (1943) by Carter Dickson – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Review: THE CASE OF THE LATE PIG by Margery Allingham | Reactions to Reading
Pingback: Review: Dumb Witness, 1937 (Hercule Poirot #14) by Agatha Christie – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Proceed With Caution (aka Body Unidentified) by John Rhode – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: ‘The biggest group of red herrings’: #1937book roundup | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Review: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977) by Colin Dexter – A Crime is Afoot
Pingback: Star Trap by Simon Brett – In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
Pingback: John Sladek: Invisible Green | Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews
Pingback: Review: Death of An Expert Witness, 1977 (Adam Dalgliesh #6) by P. D. James – A Crime is Afoot