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Showing posts with label What's in a Name. Show all posts
Showing posts with label What's in a Name. Show all posts
Sunday, May 31, 2026

White Orchids

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  White Orchids (1935) by Grace Livingston Hill Camilla Chrystie, in a mad rush to retrieve medicine vital for her ailing mother's reco...
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...
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...
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...
Saturday, April 11, 2026

Treasure of Hemlock Mountain

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 Treasure of Hemlock Mountain (1961) by Virginia Frances Voight Charlene Fairhill is hoping to break into singing showbiz. She's just ma...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives

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  Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense (2013) by Sarah Weinman (ed) A collection of 14 sus...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

What's In a Name Challenge 2026

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  Andrea at Carolina Book Nook is back with another round of the   What's in a Name Challenge .  I always look forward to the new versio...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Murder, London-South Africa

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  Murder, London-South Africa (1966) by John Creasey When an important South African diamond merchant by the name of Van der Lunn goes miss...
Friday, April 11, 2025

The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle

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  The Strange Case of the Eliza Doolittle (2021) by Timothy Miller Synopsis (from the back of the book): Sherlock Holmes has retired to the ...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

No Vacation from Murder

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  No Vacation from Murder (1973) by Elizabeth Lemarchand Life is busier than usual at St. Julitta's School in Kittitoe during the summe...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Ambush for Anatol

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 Ambush for Anatol (1952) by John Sherwood In an opening that might remind GAD readers of their introduction to Tommy and Tuppence Beresfor...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Thief Is an Ugly Word

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  Thief Is an Ugly Word (1944) by Paul Gallico Augustus Swinney, American refrigeration specialist (and ham connoisseur), is a bit mystifie...
Friday, December 27, 2024

What's in a Name? 2025

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  Andrea at Carolina Book Nook is back with another round of the   What's in a Name Challenge .  I always look forward to the new versio...
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Monday, September 2, 2024

Pieces of Justice

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 Pieces of Justice (1994) by Margaret Yorke Lots of bossy women and domineering men who get their just desserts. Lots of couple on cruises ...
Friday, June 14, 2024

The Golden Eagle Mystery (spoilerish)

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  The Golden Eagle Mystery (1942) by Ellery Queen, Jr. Djuna and his Scottie dog Champ are all set to spend a quiet summer on the coast wit...
Monday, May 27, 2024

The New Shoe

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  The New Shoe (1951) by Arthur W. Upfield When the lighthouse inspector makes an unexpected second trip to now automated Split Point Lighth...
Monday, March 18, 2024

Q-Squared

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  Q-Squared (1995) by Peter David Take Q and make him even more annoying and arbitrary and you get....Trelane. The infamous Squire of Gotho...
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Thursday, December 28, 2023

What's in a Name Challenge

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  Andrea at Carolina Book Nook is back with another round of the   What's in a Name Challenge .  And I'm so glad--I've been anxi...
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay

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 I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay (2004) by Harlan Ellison based on short stories by Isaac Asimov Synopsis (from the back of the book):...
Monday, June 19, 2023

6 X H: Six Stories

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 6 X H: Six Stories (aka The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag ; 1959) by Robert H. Heinlein Heinlein is an author that I have read on...