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2/15/26

The Ring of Innocent (1952) by Brian Flynn

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Brian Flynn 's The Ring of Innocent (1952), the fortieth title in the Anthony Bathurst series, begins with Martin Scudamore going to se...
2/12/26

The Hit List: Top 10 Favorite Hybrid Mysteries

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In 2021, John Pugmire's Locked Room International published Masahiro Imamura's Shijinso no satsujin ( Death Among the Undead , 201...
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2/8/26

Death Below the Dam (1936) by Esther Fonseca

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Not much is known today of Esther Haven Fonseca, except for scraps and pieces of bio-and bibliographical information, but, what can be said ...
2/5/26

Masterclass: "Touch of a Vanish'd Hand" (2000) by Phil Mann

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If you read my recent review of Fredric Brown's "Handbook for Homicide" (1943), you know the intention the intersperse the lo...
2/1/26

Mind-boggling Mysteries of a Missionary (2010) by Bertil Falk

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Bertil Falk was a Swedish newspaper reporter, TV journalist, magazine editor, translator, writer and something of a pop-fiction historian wh...
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1/29/26

The Stars Spell Murder: "Handbook for Homicide" (1943) by Fredric Brown

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Fredric Brown 's "Handbook for Homicide," originally published in the March, 1943, issue of Detective Tales , can be described...
1/25/26

The Unicorn Murders (1935) by Carter Dickson

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In May, the British Library Crime Classics series of reprints is releasing a brand new, long overdue edition of John Dickson Carr 's fou...
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1/21/26

The Sentry-Box Murder (1935) by Newton Gayle

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" Newton Gayle ," a pseudonym, was a partnership of strange bedfellows between Muna Lee and Maurice Guinness, a human rights activ...
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1/18/26

Best Served Cold: Case Closed, vol. 96 by Gosho Aoyama

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This is probably going to be a slightly shorter review than usual, because Gosho Aoyama 's 96th volume of Case Closed only has one comp...