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Sunday, May 31, 2026

Book Challenge by Erin 25.0

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  BCBE 25.0  It's the Silver Edition of the book challenge sponsored by Erin. So, a lot of the prompts have suitable themes, as you can ...
Saturday, May 30, 2026

The Six Iron Spiders

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  The Six Iron Spiders (1942) by Phoebe Atwood Taylor Asey Mayo has arrived at his Cape Cod home for two days of leave from his war work at...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

The Buttercup Case

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  The Buttercup Case (1958) by Frances Crane (#22) Pat Abbott has just wrapped up a case in New Orleans and his old friend, Captain Bill Jo...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

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  The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966) by Lilian Jackson Braun Synopsis (from the book blurb): When leathery crime reporter Jim Qwillera...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

The Evil That Men Do

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  The Evil That Men Do (1966) by Hugh Pentecost Doris Standing, the world's second richest girl, has spent her youth looking for kicks....
Monday, May 18, 2026

No Peace for the Wicked

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  No Peace for the Wicked (1966) by E.X./Elizabeth Ferrars (E.X. on my 3-in-1 volume; Elizabeth when published on its own) Synopsis (from t...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Squire of Death

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  Squire of Death (1965) by Richard Lockridge The book opens with James McLaren arriving home from a business trip to find his wife missing...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

How to Solve Your Own Murder

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  How to Solve Your Own Murder (2024) by Kristen Perrin Synopsis (from book flap): It's 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English...
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Thursday, May 14, 2026

GAD Word of the Day: Cheiromantist

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  My newest mystery meme : the Golden Age of Detection (GAD*) Mystery Word of the Day. Whenever I find a word that I'm unfamiliar with--...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

These Names Make Clues

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  These Names Make Clues (1937) by E. C. R. Lorac (Edith Caroline Rivett) "Some of these names would have made quite good clues. I wond...
Monday, May 11, 2026

GAD Mystery Word of the Day: Pelf

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  My new bookish meme for 2026: the Golden Age of Detection (GAD*) Mystery Word of the Day. Whenever I find a word that I'm unfamiliar w...
Saturday, May 9, 2026

Who Killed Alfred Snowe?

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  Who Killed Alfred Snowe? (1933) by J. S. Fletcher Mr. Alfred Snowe, a frail and elderly antiquarian, is found strangled at the foot of hi...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

The Anatomist's Apprentice

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  The Anatomist's Apprentice (2011) by Tessa Harris Synopsis [from the book flap]: In the first in a new mystery series set in eighteen...

GAD Mystery Word of the Day

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  My new bookish meme for 2026: the Golden Age of Detection (GAD*) Mystery Word of the Day. Whenever I find a word that I'm unfamiliar w...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Murder in Bright Red

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  Murder in Bright Red (1953) by Frances Crane While Pat and Jean Abbott are visiting relatives, murder strikes. Honestly, if I heard the A...