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11/29/25

Dance of Death (1938) by Helen McCloy

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I previously reviewed Tage la Cour festive short story, " The Murder of Santa Claus " (1952), before that Benjamin Stevenson's...
11/26/25

Cracking Nuts: "The Murder of Santa Claus" (1952) by Tage la Cour

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Tage la Cour's "Mordet pa julemanden" ("The Murder of Santa Claus," 1952), a parody-pastiche, originally appeared in...
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11/22/25

Murder at the Black Cat Cafe (1946/47) by Seishi Yokomizo

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Ever since the publication of Seishi Yokomizo 's Honjin satsujin jiken ( The Honjin Murders , 1946) in 2019, Pushkin Vertigo has put ou...
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11/18/25

As if By Magic: Locked Room Mysteries and Other Miraculous Crimes (2025) edited by Martin Edwards

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If you regularly check in on this blog, you probably noticed my all encompassing, all consuming addiction undying love for impossible crime...
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11/14/25

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (2024) by Benjamin Stevenson

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Benjamin Stevenson , an Australian stand-up comedian and mystery author, delivered two highlights of the current Golden Age revival, Everyon...
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11/11/25

Hangings at Hempel's Green (2025) by A. Carver

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Well, it has been about a year since the publication of A. Carver 's third novel in the Alex Corby and Cornelia Crow series, The Dry Div...
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11/7/25

Murder of the Admiral (1936) by Steve Fisher

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Steve Gould Fisher was an American pulp writer and ex-Navy officer, serving four years on a submarine, where he cut his teeth as writer by ...
11/3/25

Top Storey Murder (1931) by Anthony Berkeley

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Last year, I ranked Anthony Berkeley among the " Top 10 Beneficiaries of the Reprint Renaissance " on account for going from prac...
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10/30/25

The Man Who Died Seven Times (1995) by Yasuhiko Nishizawa

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Three months ago, Pushkin Vertigo released Yasuhiko Nishizawa 's Nanakai shinda otoko ( The Man Who Died Seven Times , 1995), translat...
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