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9/16/26

The Hit List: Top 5 Favorite Mystery Short-Shorts

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When patching together one of these lists, I always try to avoid the usual topic and opt for something slightly less obvious and original, ...
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9/12/26

Half-Mast Murder (1930) by Milward Kennedy

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Milward Kennedy was an English civil servant, journalist, literary critic, reviewer and mystery writer, who was a founding member of the De...
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9/8/26

The Argentinean Butterfly Mystery: C.M.B. vol. 13-14 by Motohiro Katou

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Motohiro Katou's C.M.B. vol. 13 comprises of four, one-chapter stories starting with one of those human, heart-shaped puzzles, "Th...
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9/4/26

Thrilling Stories of the Railway (1912) by Victor L. Whitechurch

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Rev. Victor L. Whitechurch was an Anglican churchman, author and creator of Thorpe Hazell, a vegetarian railway enthusiast, who's one o...
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8/31/26

Murder at the End of the World (2022) by Akane Araki

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I previously reviewed Ross Montgomery's The Murder at World's End (2025), a classically-styled, retro-Golden Age mystery, which is ...
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8/27/26

The Murder at World's End (2025) by Ross Montgomery

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Last year, Ross Montgomery , a British author of more than twenty children's books, debuted with his first novel for adults, The Murder...
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8/23/26

The Death of a Worldly Woman (1948) by A.B. Cunningham

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A.B. Cunningham was an American teacher, professor of English and the author of over twenty detective novels featuring the backwoods Sherlo...
8/19/26

Murder in the Gilded Cage (1929) by Samuel Spewack

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Samuel Spewack was a Ukrainian-born American journalist, Hollywood screenwriter and novelist who penned two detective novels, The Skyscraper...
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