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Showing posts with label Century of Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Century of Books. Show all posts
Monday, November 2, 2020

Foot in the Grave

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 Foot in the Grave (1972) by E. X. Ferrars Christine Findon likes her quiet little home life with her husband Henry. She's not much of ...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

Death of a Warrior Queen

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 Death of a Warrior Queen (1991) by S. T. Haymon Detective-Inspector Ben Jurnet is overjoyed that the love of his life, Miriam, has returne...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Murder on the Eiffel Tower

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  Murder on the Eiffel Tower (2003) by Claude Izner (Liliane Korb & Laurence Lefevre) is the debut novel in a historical mystery series...
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Friday, October 2, 2020

The Mystery of the Skeleton Key

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 The Mystery of the Skeleton Key  (1919) by Bernard Capes "What about your average inventive intelligence, Baron?" "I said, s...
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Sunday, September 20, 2020

Bound to Murder

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  Bound to Murder (1987) by Dorsey Fiske  "That was a plaguy heavy book," Bunce declared. "You're lucky to have a harder...
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Thursday, August 27, 2020

When Gods Die

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 When Gods Die (2006) C. S. Harris When Gods Die is the second in the Sebastian St. Cyr (Lord Devlin) mystery series. At the end of the de...
Monday, August 3, 2020

Jerry Todd & the Rose-Colored Cat

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Jerry Todd & the Rose-Colored Cat (1921) by Leo Edwards Jerry Todd and his pals (Red, Scoop, Peg, and Spider) get mixed up in a very ca...
Monday, July 20, 2020

Between the Thames & the Tiber: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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So...after a much longer hiatus from reviewing than planned, I'm back with a short review of Between the Thames & the Tiber (2011) ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020

Golden Rain

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Golden Rain * (1980) by Douglas Clark When Miss Holland, the attractive and forceful headmistress of the Bramthorpe College for Girls, is ...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Deadly Pattern

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Deadly Pattern (1970) by Douglas Clark Third in the Masters & Green series Detective Chief Inspector George Masters and his team are ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

The Quotable Sherlock Holmes

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The Quotable Sherlock Holmes (2000) by John H. Watson, M.D. [Gerard Van Der Leun is an entertaining reference book for anyone who likes lit...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

The New Year's Eve Murder (a bit spoilerish

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The New Year's Eve Murder (1997) by Lee Harris is the ninth book in the Christine Bennet series. I'm steadily making my way through...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

The Christening Day Murder

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People live with their consciences better than we like to think. And guilt rarely leaves a mark that you can see. If it did, the police woul...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Stand Up & Die

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Stand Up & Die (1953) by Frances & Richard Lockridge is the sixth book featuring Captain M. L. Heimrich, NY State Police. Heimrich w...
Sunday, February 2, 2020

The Death of a Joyce Scholar

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The Death of a Joyce Scholar (1989) by Bartholomew Gill From the back of the book (my comments in italicized brackets): Who stabbed Iri...
Friday, January 3, 2020

Mystery of the Haunted Pool

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Mystery of the Haunted Pool  (1960) by Phyllis A. Whitney Susan Price leaves New York City at the beginning of summer vacation and journey...
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Monday, November 25, 2019

Eyes at the Window

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Eyes at the Window (1966) by George Selmark Do you ever get the feeling when you're reading a book that you're swimming against a...
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Monday, November 11, 2019

Dead Water

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Dead Water (1963) by Ngaio Marsh takes us back to the village setting--this time a small fishing community at Portcarrow. It begins with a ...
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