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3/28/23

The Killing of Katie Steelstock (1980) by Michael Gilbert

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Back in January, I returned to the work of Michael Gilbert and looked at his first mystery novel, Close Quarters (1947), which introduced ...
3/25/23

The Hit List: Top 10 Favorite Reprints from Dean Street Press

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If you're a casual mystery reader who looked at our little niche corner on the internet, you might get the impression that the prevailin...
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3/22/23

Window of Opportunity: "The Riddle of the Brass Band" (1934) by Stuart Palmer

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Back in November, I reread Stuart Palmer's " The Riddle of the Whirling Lights " (1935), collected in Hildegarde Withers: Unco...
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3/19/23

Prague Fatale (2011) by Philip Kerr

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Philip Kerr was a British author who garnered wide success with his World War II thriller series about Bernhard "Bernie" Gunther,...
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3/15/23

The Whistling Hangman (1937) by Baynard Kendrick

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This year, Otto Penzler's American Mystery Classics is reprinting one of my two favorite Baynard Kendrick detective novels, Blind Man&...
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3/11/23

The Wrong Letter (1926) by Walter S. Masterman

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Walter S. Masterman was an English fiction writer who dabbled in horror, fantasy, science-fiction and detective stories, twenty-six novels i...
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3/7/23

The Swinging Death (1948) by Brian Flynn

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Brian Flynn placed his thirty-fifth Anthony Bathurst novel, The Swinging Death (1948), among " the best of my humbler contributions t...
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3/4/23

The King's Chamber: "The Burglar Who Dropped In On Elvis" (1990) by Lawrence Block

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Last time, I discussed Lawrence Block's thirteenth entry in the Bernie Rhodenbarr series, The Burglar Who Met Fredric Brown (2022), whi...
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