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Sunday, March 1, 2015
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ReplyDeleteHere are the squares I have completed so far, though alas no bingos yet:
Colour in the title: The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen
Book that features a crime other than murder: No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer (Includes Blackmail)
Professional Detective: The Sussex Downs Murder by John Bude
Author you've never read: Murder in a Hurry by Lockridge
Something spooky in the title or cover: The Skeleton in the Clock by Carter Dickson
Amateur Detective: Fer de lance by Rex Stout
(I wasn't sure if this one counted as an amateur detective or not)
Man in title: The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout
Country House Mystery: What Happened at Hazelwood
Book already read by another challenger: The Emperor's Snuff Box by John Dickson Carr which was read by Ryan@Wordsmithonia in January
One Short Story Collection: Mr Campion and Others by Margery Allingham
Book set in England or U. S. = The Longer Bodies by Gladys Mitchell
Method of Murder in Title = Behold Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer
Place in Title: Murder in Piccadilly by Charles Kingston
Book written by someone using a pseudonym = A Night of Errors by Michael Innes (a.k.a) J. I. M. Stewart
Book featuring food/drink or party = Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh (Food in the title and book also includes a party gathering)
Could anyone advise me on any good novels which would fulfill the category for involves the clergy or religion, as the only ones I can think of as the Father Brown stories and I have already read them?
Replying to Kate -
ReplyDeleteThere's Catherine Aird's "The Religious Body," published in 1966 (so eligible for the silver card). For the gold card, I'm planning to use Ngaio Marsh's first-rate "Death in Ecstasy," from 1936. More for the silver card: any of the Harry Kemelman stories about Rabbi Small. Ellis Peters's first Brother Cadfael novel was 1977's "A Morbid Taste for Bones." Come to think of it, you could stretch a bit to include John Bude's "The Cornish Coast Murder" (1935) as much of the detecting is done by the vicar, Reverend Dodd. Hope these help!
Uncle Abner stories by Melville Davisson Post
ReplyDeleteThe Bishop's Secret (aka Bishop Pendle) by Fergus Hume
Always Murder a Friend; For the Love of Murder (aka Gilbert's Last Toothache); Divine & Deadly (aka The Curious Custard Pie); and others by Margaret Scherf.
This site (http://detecs.org/contents.html) gives a list of clerical detectives--you'd just need to browse through to see which appear during the proper time period.
I would also accept any of the books written by Father Ronald A. Knox (one of the few Golden Age writers who was a member of the clergy)
Thanks for all your great suggestions, I'll definitely take a look at them =)
ReplyDeleteHi Bev - Margery Allingham Death of a Ghost for the something spooky square - i loved this but couldn't decide if i felt that the ending was a bit of an anti-climax... Best wishes Clint
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