The Muniment Room

You have just crossed the threshold of the archived section of this blog, where the dust bunny's come to play hide-and-seek and reviews are alphabetically filed and stored. The reason for opening up this section to the general public is my annoying habit to give cutesy and clever titles to my reviews, which makes it very hard, if not impossible, to find a particular review when browsing through the regular archives on the main site. This stuffy, dimly rit room crammed with filing cabinets is for your convenience and I hope you find it useful. Oh... and that second door opens a wall closet, but I would appreciate it if you kept it locked. That's where I hide my skeletons.

BOOK REVIEWS:

AAFJES, BERTUS
De vertrapte pioenroos (The Trampled Peony, 1973)
Een lampion voor een blinde (A Lantern for the Blind, 1973)

ABBOT, ANTHONY
The Murder of Geraldine Foster (1930)
About the Murder of a Startled Lady (1935)

ADAMS, HERBERT

ALEXANDER, DAVID

AMES, DELANO
Death of a Fellow Traveller (1950)

ARTHUR, ROBERT
Mystery and More Mystery (1966)

 ASIMOV, ISAAC
Murder at the ABA (1976)
  
BAANTJER, A.C.
DeKok en een dodelijke dreiging (DeKok and a Deadly Threat, 1988)
DeKok en het lijk op drift (DeKok and the Corpse Adrift, 1998)

BALLINGER, BILL S.
The Body Beautiful (1949)
 
BARKER, ELSA

BOOKS, M.P.O.
De laatste kans (The Last Chance, 2011)
De dood van Callista de Vries (The Death of Callista de Vries, 2012)
Dodelijke hobby (Deadly Hobby, 2012)

BOUCHER, ANTHONY
The Case of the Crumpled Knave (1939)
The Case of the Solid Key (1941)

BOWEN, JOSEPH

BRAHMS, CARYL & SIMONS, J.S.

BRANCH, PAMELA

BRAND, CHRISTIANNA
Death of Jezebel (1948) 

 BROWN, FREDRIC
The Dead Ringer (1948)
BURTON, MILES
Death Leaves No Card (1940)

 CAMERON, LOU 
Behind the Scarlet Door (1971)

 CARMACK, JESSE
The Tell-Tale Clock Mystery (1937)

CARR, JOHN DICKSON
The Emperor's Snuff-Box (1942)
The Bride of Newgate (1950)
Fire, Burn! (1957)
The Dead Sleep Lightly (1983) 

CARR, JOSEPH BAKER
The Man With Bated Breath (1934)

CHRISTIE, AGATHA
Death on the Nile (1937)

CLASON, CLYDE B.
Blind Drifts (1937)
The Purple Parrot (1937)

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN
The Titanic Murders (1999)

 CORNIER, VINCENT
The Duel of Shadows: The Extraordinary Cases of Barnabas Hildreth (2011)

CORSARI, WILLY
De onbekende medespeler (The Unknown Co-Player, 1931)
Voetstappen op de trap (Footsteps on the Stairs, 1937)

COURTIER, S.H.
Death in Dream-Time (1959)

CRANE, FRANCES
The Pink Umbrella (1943)
The Applegreen Cat (1943)

CUNNINGHAM, A.B.
Death Haunts the Dark Lane (1948)

DeANDREA, WILLIAM
Killed in the Ratings (1978)
Killed in the Act (1981)
Killed with a Passion (1983)
Killed on the Rocks (1990)
The Manx Murders (1994)
Killed in Fringe Time (1995)
Murder – All Kinds (2003)

DETECTION CLUB, THE
Ask a Policeman (1933)

DICKSON, CARTER
The Department of Queer Complaints (1940)

DILLARD, R.H.W.
The Book of Changes (1974)
 
DISNEY, DOROTHY CAMERON
Death in the Back Seat (1936)
The Strawstack Murders (1939)

DIX, MAURICE B. 
Murder at Grassmere Abbey (1934)

DIX, TJALLING
Een kogel voor Oedipus (A Bullet for Oedipus, 1954)
Moord op het eindexamen (Murder During the Final Exams, 1957)

 DOCTER, COR
Droeve poedel in Delfshaven (Melancholic Poodle in Delfshaven, 1970)
Koude vrouw in Kralingen (Cold Woman in Kralingen, 1970)
Rein geheim op rijksweg 13 (Pure Secrecy on Highway 13, 1971)

DOHERTY, PAUL
The Devil's Hunt (1996)
The Mask of Ra (1998) - co-reviewed with Patrick
The Demon Archer (1999)
The Horus Killings (1999)
The Anubis Slayings (2000) 
The Slayers of Seth (2001) 
Corpse Candle (2001)
The Plague Lord (2002)
The Assassins of Isis (2004)
The Queen of the Night (2006) 

DOWNING, TODD
The Cat Screams (1934) 
Vultures in the Sky (1935)

DUNCAN, DAVID
The Shade of Time (1946)

ECKMAR, F.R.
Een linkerbeen gezocht (Wanted: A Left Leg, 1935)

 EKSTRÖM, JAN
Ättestupan (Deadly Reunion, 1975) 

ENDRÉBE, MAURICE
Elvire a la tour monte (Elvire Climbs the Tower, 1956)

EYSSELSTEIJN, BEN VAN
Romance in F-Dur (19??) 

 FARJEON, J. JEFFERSON
Holiday Express (1935) 

 FREEMAN, R AUSTIN 
The Stoneware Monkey (1939)

 FROST, KELMAN
Death Registers at the Eagle Arms (1947)

GALLICO, PAUL
Too Many Ghosts (1961) 

 GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY
The Case of the Empty Tin (1941)
The Case of the Drowning Duck (1942)
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943)

GILBERT, ANTHONY
The Scarlet Button (1944)
Die in the Dark (1947)

GORES, JOE
Dead Skip (1972)

 HALTER, PAUL
La quatrieme porte (The Fourth Door, 1987)
La septième hypothèse (The Seventh Hypothesis, 1991)
Le diable de Dartmoor (The Demon of Dartmoor, 1993)
Les sept merveilles du crime (The Seven Wonders of Crime, 1997) 

HEAD, MATTHEW
The Devil in the Bush (1945)

 HIGASHINO, KEIGO
Yogisha X no kenshin (The Devotion of Suspect X, 2005)

HUNT, PETER
Murders at Scandal House (1933)

HUXLEY, ELSPETH
The Merry Hippo (1963)

IAMS, JACK
Death Draws the Line (1949)

JACOBS, T.C.H.
Appointment with the Hangman (1935) 

 JENKINS, CECIL
JOEKES, THEO
Klavertje moord (Four-Leaf Murder, 1987)

 KANTOR, MacKINLAY
KEATING, H.R.F. 
Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker (1969)
Filmi, Filmi Inspector Ghote (1976)
Inspector Ghote Draws a Line (1979)
Under a Monsoon Cloud (1986)

KENDRICK, BAYNARD
Blood on Lake Louisa (1934)
The Last Express (1937) 

 KING, RUFUS
The Case of the Constant God (1938)

 KOCH, EDWARD I.
Murder at City Hall (1995; with Herb Resnicow)

 LATHEN, EMMA
Ashes to Ashes (1971)
LEE, GYPSY ROSE
Mother Finds a Body (1942) 

LEVERAGE, INTL
The Con Job (2012; Matt Forbeck)
 
LEWIS, LANGE
Meat for Murder (1942)

 LIPSKY, ELEAZAR
Murder One (1948) 

LOCKRIDGE, FRANCES & RICHARD
Dead As a Dinosaur (1952)
Voyage into Violence (1956)

LUPOFF, RICHARD A.
The Comic Book Killer (1989) 

MAARTENS, MAARTEN
The Black-Box Murder (1898; guest review by M.P.O. Books)

MARKHAM, VIRGIL
Death in the Dusk (1928)

MASON, A.E.W. 
At the Villa Rose (1910)

MAVITY, NANCY BARR
The Case of the Missing Sandals (1930)

McBAIN, ED
Killer's Wedge (1959)
Tricks (1987)

McCLOY, HELEN
Mr. Splitfoot (1968) 

McCRUMB, SHARYN 
Bimbos of the Death Sun (1987)
Zombies of the Gene Pool (1992)

McDOUGALD, ROMAN
The Blushing Monkey (1953)

 McGERR, PAT
Pick Your Victim (1946)
The Seven Deadly Sisters (1948)
Follow As the Night (1951)

MÉROY, MARTIN
Du plomb pour la famille (Lead for the Family, 1959)
Meartre en chambre noir (Murder in a Darkened Room, 1965)

MITCHELL, GLADYS
Dead Men's Morris (1936)
St. Peter's Finger (1938)
Merlin's Furlong (1953)

MULLER, MARCIA
The Tree of Death (1983)

MULLER, MARCIA & PRONZINI, BILL
Beyond the Grave (1986)
The Bughouse Affair (2013)
 
MURPHY, WARREN B.
Leonardo's Law (1978)

 MURRAY, MAX
The Sunshine Corpse (1954)

 NEUMAN, FREDRIC
Come One, Come All (2011)

 NICHOLS, BEVERLEY
PLEASANTS, W. SHEPARD
The Stingaree Murders (1932) 

 POPKIN, ZELDA
Murder in the Mist (1940)
Dead Man's Gift (1941)

PORGES, ARTHUR
The Curious Cases of Cyriack Skinner Grey (2009)

 POSTGATE, RAYMOND
Verdict of Twelve (1940)

POWELL, JAMES
A Pocketful of Noses: Stories of One Ganelon or Another (2009)

PRONZINI, BILL
Twospot (1978; with Collin Wilcox)
Hoodwink (1981)
Scattershot (1982)
Dragonfire (1982)
Casefile (1983)
Double (1984; with Marcia Muller)
Bones (1985)
Shackles (1988)
Carpenter and Quincannon (1998) - an addendum
Nightcrawlers (2005)
Savages (2006) - co-reviewed with Patrick

PURTILL, RICHARD
Murdercon (1982)

QUEEN, ELLERY
Inspector Queen's Own Case (1956)
Tragedy of Errors (1999)

QUENTIN, PATRICK
Murder at Cambridge (1933)
Puzzle for Players (1938)
Puzzle for Puppets (1944)
Death and the Maiden (1939)
Black Widow (1952)
Suspicious Circumstances (1957)

RAMPO, EDOGAWA
Kaijin nijuu mensou (The Fiend with Twenty Faces,1936)

 REES, ARTHUR J.
The Moon Rock (1922) 

REILLY, HELEN
The Gold Solution (1983)
The Gold Deadline (1984)
The Gold Frame (1986) 
The Gold Curse (1986)
The Dead Room (1987)
The Gold Gamble (1989)
The Hot Place (1990)

RHODE, JOHN
Death on the Board (1937)
The Fourth Bomb (1942)

RICE, CRAIG
The Wrong Murder (1940)
The Right Murder (1941)

RINEHART, MARY ROBERTS
The After House (1914)

ROOS, KELLEY
Ghost of a Chance (1947)
One False Move (1966)

ROSCOE, THEODORE

ROWE, ANNE

SANDERS, GEORGE
Crime on My Hands (1944; ghosted by Craig Rice)

SAUNDERS, HILARY ST. GEORGE

SCHIER, NORMA
The Anagram Detectives (1979)

SICKENS, TED O.
De man die 'n paar maal vermoord was (The Man Who Had Been Murdered a Few Times, 1942)

SIMENON, GEORGES
Mon ami Maigret (My Friend Maigret, 1949)

SKVORECKY, JOSEF
Hrichy pro patera Knoxe (Sins for Father Knox,1973)

 SLADEK, JOHN
"The Locked Room" (1973; a short story).

 SMITH, DEREK
Whistle Up the Devil (1954)

 STEEVES, HARRISON. R.
Good Night, Sheriff (1941)

STOUT, REX
Where There's a Will (1940)
And Four to Go (1958)
Gambit (1962)

STRAHAN, KAY CLEAVER
Footprints (1929)
Death Traps (1930)

STURROCK, JEREMY
A Wicked Way to Die (1973)

TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD
Octagon House (1937)

TAYLOR, WALKER

TEILHET, DARWIN L.
The Feather Cloak Murders (1936) 

 TÖRÖK, JEAN-PAUL
L'enigme du Monte Verita (The Riddle of Monte Verita, 2007)

 UPFIELD, ARTHUR
Cake in the Hat Box (1954)

VANDERCOOK, JOHN
Murder in Fiji (1936)

VERVOORT, TON
Moord onder studenten (Murder Among Students, 1962) 

WAAL, SIMON DE & A.C. BAANTJER
Een mes in de rug (A Knife in the Back, 2012)
Een licht in de duisternis (A Light in the Darkness, 2012)
Een wolf in schaapskleren (A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, 2013)

WELLMAN, MANLY
Find My Killer (1947)  

 WYNNE, ANTHONY
The Red Scar (1928)
The Silver Scale Mystery (1931)
The Green Knife (1932) 

ANTHOLOGIES:

Space, Time and Crime (1964)

AUTHORS:

Bill Pronzini: That 70s Crime Writer (Marking Pronzini's 70th birthday)
An Amsterdam Policeman: Remembering Appie Baantjer (Tribute to Baantjer)

Herbert Resnicow: Building a Career On Crime (a look at a modern locked room specialist) 
Sympathy for the Devil (Playing Devil's Advocate for Isaac Asimov) 

BEST-OF LISTS:

The Best of 2011: A Year in Review (looking back at the year that was 2011)
From the Crime-Does-Pay Files (Best blog of 2012)
Murder in Restrospect: The Best Reads of 2012 (looking back at the year that was 2012)
My 100 Favorite Mysteries
My Favorite Locked Room Mysteries I: The Novels (like the title says) 
My Favorite Locked Room Mysteries II: Short Stories and Novellas (like the title says)
 
COMICS/MANGA:

AOYAMA, GOSHO
Case Closed (a.k.a. Detective Conan), vol. 38
Case Closed (a.k.a. Detective Conan), vol. 39
Case Closed (a.k.a. Detective Conan), vol. 40
Case Closed (a.k.a. Detective Conan), vol. 41 
Case Closed (a.k.a. Detective Conan), vol. 42
Case Closed (a.k.a. Detective Conan), vol. 44
Case Closed (a.k.a. Detective Conan), vol. 45

KANARI, YOZABURO
The Magical Express (1996)

SHIGA, JASON
Bookhunter (2007)

TANIGAWA, NAGARU
Amnesia Labyrinth, vol. 1

 
MOVIE/TELEVISION: 

Blacke's Magic: Vigil of the Shepherds (a review of Ten Tons of Trouble)
Bloody Murder (a review of the movie, Theatre of Blood) 
Colonel March of Scotland Yard: Miraculous Shades of Black and White (reviewing several episodes) 
Columbo: Miracles for Sale (a review of Columbo Goes to the Guillotine)
Columbo: Final Questions (a review of Columbo Likes the Nightlife)
The Con is On! (a short overview of the TV series, Hustle)
Jonathan Creek: The Man Who Leaped Through Time (review of Time Waits for Norman)
Jonathan Creek: The Clue of the Savant's Thumb (review) 
Leverage: First Impressions (a short overview/review of the first episodes of Leverage) 
Leverage: Let's Go Steal a Show! (an overview of the third season)
Leverage: Five Little Grifters (an overview of the fourth season)
Leverage: The Long Con Before Saying Goodbye (an overview of the fifth season) 
A Night at the Monastery (a review of Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders)

MISCELLANEOUS: 

The Babel-Fish Puzzle (when things really are impossible...)
A Character Assessment of Characterization (like the title says...) 
Cherchez la femme (review of two short locked room mysteries by Alexandre Dumas and Bill Pronzini)
Clipped Wings (adressing the current state of the genre)
Detective Stories - Both Foreign and Domestic (a failed idea)
"Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you" 
Dutch Detectives: An Observation 
From the Crime-Does-Pay Files (Best blog of 2012)
Geniuses at Work (snapshot of the Mystery Writers of America)
Hooray for Homicide: One Year Anniversary (Detection by Moonlight is one year old) 
Just About as Strange as Fiction: Day to Day Miracles (a run-down of six-real impossible mysteries)
Learning from the Best: C. Auguste Dupin & Sherlock Holmes ("Murders in the Rue Morgue" & "Black Peter")
The Melody of Logic Must Be Played Truthfully (a short overview of the manga Spiral)
The Naughty List: A Selection of Lesser-Known Holiday Mysteries (like the title says)
The One-Man Book-Club (short reviews) 
Out of the Tidy, Clipped Maze of Fiction (examples of real-life locked room mysteries)
A Query for Mystery Buffs: Come Into Our Parlor (a fun inquary)
Sealed Rooms and Ghoulish Laughter: Tributes to John Dickson Carr (like the title says) 
The Skeletons in My Clock (a short piece on Carr's my obsession with time)
A Smattering of Crime (reviews of a number of short stories) 
The Spoils of Conquest (showing off some new acquisitions)
Time Served: Two Years in the Blogosphere (second anniversary) 
What Mysteries Lie Under the Rising Sun? (a guest blog by Ho-Ling on Japanese detective stories) 
When Oddities of Fiction Encroach on Fiction (More examples of real-life locked room mysteries)
Why Nero Wolfe Never Ages (poking fun at Nero Wolfe) 
The Zombie Factory (an angry rant)
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