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Showing posts with label Reading Randomizer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reading Randomizer. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles

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  John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles (1995) by Douglas G. Greene Carr is widely recognized by Golden age fans as a grand mas...
Thursday, December 7, 2023

The Clue in the Jewel Box

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  The Clue in the Jewel Box (1943) by Carolyn Keene A mystery which begins with Nancy looking for the pickpocket who has relieved several o...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Death of a Doll

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 Death of a Doll (1947) by Hilda Lawrence Hope House, a boarding house for young women, is run by the very genteel Monica Brady and her ass...
Sunday, October 29, 2023

The Floating Lady Murder

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  The Floating Lady Murder (2000) by Daniel Stashower It's turn-of-the-century New York and Harry Houdini is not yet "The Great Ho...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

The War of the Worlds Murder

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  The War of the Worlds Murder (2005) by Max Allan Collins [a slight reworking of a previous review when read from the library] Unlike the ...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

While the Clock Ticked

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 While the Clock Ticked (1932) by Franklin W. Dixon Raymond Dalrymple comes to the Hardy home looking for Fenton Hardy. He hopes to hire the...
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Friday, September 22, 2023

Who Is Simon Warwick? (spoilerish)

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 Who Is Simon Warwick? (1978) by Patricia Moyes When Lord Charlton's brother and sister-in-law were killed in a London bomb attack duri...
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Beverly Gray on a Treasure Hunt

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  Beverly Gray on a Treasure Hunt (1938) by Clair Blank Beverly Gray, aspiring reporter, and her friends are on a sailing cruise around the...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

The Art of the Mystery Story

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  The Art of the Mystery Story (1946) by Howard Haycraft (ed) This is a very comprehensive (for its time) collection of essays and pastiche...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories Vol. 3

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  The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories Vol. 3 (1929) by Eugene Thwing (ed) This volume is part of a ten-volume set made up of...
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Friday, June 9, 2023

And Be a Villain

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 And Be a Villain (1948) by Rex Stout; read by Michael Prichard According to Archie Goodwin, things are looking bleak at Nero Wolfe's b...

52 Miles to Terror

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 52 Miles to Terror (1966) by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen (misspelled on cover) & G. Robert Carlsen (eds) This is a pretty weird short sto...
Thursday, June 8, 2023

Murder Is Pathological

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  Murder Is Pathological (1986) by P. M. Carlson 1969 in a New England college town. Someone seems to be determined to disrupt the experime...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Murder in Burgundy

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  Murder in Burgundy (1989) by Audrey Peterson (Audrey C. Buckland) When Michael "Poppa" O'Connor's doctor recommends ple...
Sunday, May 7, 2023

Mystery of the Hidden Hand (mini-review)

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  Mystery of the Hidden Hand (1964) by Phyllis a. Whitney Gale Tyler is twelve years old and having an adventure of a lifetime on the Greek ...
Saturday, April 22, 2023

Silent Witness

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  Silent Witness (1972) by Margaret Yorke The most silent witness of all is a dead one... Set at an Austrian ski station at Greutz, we have...
Thursday, April 6, 2023

Gone West

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  Gone West (2012) by Carola Dunn It's been a long time since Daisy Fletcher ( née Dalrymple) has seen Sybil Sutherby. Sybil (then Rich...
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Friday, March 10, 2023

The Woman in the Picture

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  The Woman in the Picture (1944) by John August [Bernard de Voto] When Senator Tom Fetterman suffers a stroke and lies at death's door...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

The Fear Sign

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  The Fear Sign [ Sweet Danger OR Kingdom of Death ] (1933) by Margery Allingham Albert Campion takes to a bit of thriller/adventurer anti...
Monday, February 20, 2023

Phi Beta Murder

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  Phi Beta Murder (2010) by C. S. Challinor Scottish barrister Rex Graves heads to Florida where his son, Campbell, is attending college. T...
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