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Showing posts with label Vintage Scavenger Hunt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vintage Scavenger Hunt. Show all posts
Saturday, September 26, 2026

The Man Who Killed Fortescue

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  The Man Who Killed Fortescue (1928) by Dorothy Stockbridge Tillett [originally under the name John Stephen Strange] Synopsis from the bac...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

Death Likes It Hot

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  Death Likes It Hot (1954) by Edgar Box (Gore Vidal) The third in a trio of mysteries  written by Gore Vidal under the name of Edgar Box. ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Murder in Luxury

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  Murder in Luxury (1981) by Hugh Pentecost (Judson Philips) Murder takes over the exclusive Hotel Beaumont once more and its legendary man...
Monday, September 14, 2026

Property of a Lady

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  Property of a Lady (1983) by Anthony Oliver Margaret Garland came into a fair inheritance when her mother died. She'd spent her time ...
Sunday, September 13, 2026

Who Killed Me?

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  Who Killed Me? (1979) by Joan Allan Valerie Lambert is an account executive for an advertising agency that is producing commercials for a...
Sunday, September 6, 2026

Beverly Gray's Return

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  Beverly Gray's Return (1939) by Clair Blank This is the ninth book in the series by Clair Blank. Unlike the Nancy Drew series, Clair ...
Wednesday, September 2, 2026

September Vintage Scavenger Hunt Reviews

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Monday, August 31, 2026

Death of a Harvard Freshman

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 Death of a Harvard Freshman (1984) by Victoria Silver Lauren Adler has spent most of her time in her freshman Russian Revolution seminar a...
Friday, August 28, 2026

A Matter of Accent

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 A Matter of Accent (1943) by David Keith (Francis Steegmuller) Ted Weaver is an art gallery owner who is semi-confined to a wheelchair afte...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

Murder, Murder, Little Star

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  Murder, Murder, Little Star (1977) by Marian Babson Twinkle is a child star--ten years old going on a very b---- forty. She wears dark gl...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

The Charteris Mystery

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  The Charteris Mystery (1925) by A. E. Fielding Rose Charteris, daughter of Professor Charteris (more on him in a moment), is found dead f...
Friday, August 7, 2026

Strong Poison

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Strong Poison (1930) by Dorothy L. Sayers (read by Ian Carmichael) As I mention in my previous reviews of the audio version of the first of...
Sunday, August 2, 2026

The Benson Murder Case

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  The Benson Murder Case (1926) by S. S. Van Dine Based very loosely on the (unsolved) true crime murder of  Joseph Brown Elwell in 1920. E...
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August Vintage Scavenger Hunt Reviews

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

A Dying Fall

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  A Dying Fall (1973) by Hildegarde Dolson Grace Dilworth's family has always made their mark on the community of Wingate, Connecticut....
Friday, July 10, 2026

DeKok & the Somber Nude

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  DeKok & the Somber Nude (1967) by A. C. Baantjer Inspector DeKok of the Amsterdam police and his right-hand man Vledder are pulled in...
Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Winds of Evil

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  Winds of Evil (1937) by Arthur W. Upfield A strangler is at work at Wirragatta Station in the far reaches of the Australian outback. The ...
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

July Vintage Scavenger Hunt Reviews

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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

The Eve of the Wedding

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  The Eve of the Wedding (1980) by Lionel Black (Dudley Barker) Kate and Henry Theobold have just met the Shoeburys--Americans Dick and Fel...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

A Conspiracy of Poisons

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  A Conspiracy of Poisons (1977) by J. G. Jeffreys (Ben Healey) Synopsis (from book flap): The ace of Bow Street Runners, rollicking, resou...
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