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6/26/26

Go with the Plan: Q.E.D. iff vol. 3-4 by Motohiro Katou

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The first, of two, stories making up Motohiro Katou 's Q.E.D. iff vol. 3, "Three Killers," concern three women, Kurotsu Yui, ...
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6/22/26

The Pelham Murder Case (1930) by Monte Barrett

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Percy Montgomery " Monte " Barrett was an American author, newspaperman and cartoon writer from Mitchell, Indiana, who co-created ...
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6/18/26

The Hit List: Top 10 Favorite Reprints from Rue Morgue Press

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  This year marks the tenth anniversary of the permanent shuttering of our beloved, dearly departed Rue Morgue Press following a string of ...
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6/14/26

The Architecture of Murder (2026) by James Scott Byrnside

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Last year, James Scott Byrnside published It's About Impossible Crime (2025), a collection of original short stories, in which he paid...
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6/11/26

Foreboding Foretelling at Ficklehouse Felling (2023) by P.J. Fitzsimmons

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P.J. Fitzsimmons '  Foreboding Foretelling at Ficklehouse Felling (2023) is the seventh historical locked room comedy in the Anthony ...
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6/7/26

Strange Buildings (2023) by Uketsu

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Last year, I looked at two pictorial novels, Henna ie ( Strange Houses , 2021) and Henna e ( Strange Pictures , 2022), written and crafted...
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6/3/26

Murder at the New York World's Fair (1938) by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (Writing as "Freeman Dana")

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Phoebe Atwood Taylor was an American mystery writer and creator of Asey Mayo, the Codfish Sherlock, who appeared in over twenty mysteries r...
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5/30/26

The Argosy Library: Four Corners, vol. 2 (2020) by Theodore Roscoe

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Theodore Roscoe was an American biographer, historian and one of the finest pulp writers of the day, known for his gripping tales of exotic...
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5/26/26

The First Television Murder (1940) by Val Gielgud and Eric Maschwitz

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Val Gielgud , an actor, director and broadcaster, was a pioneer of radio-and television drama at the BBC and served as head for both their d...
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5/24/26

That Thing Upstairs: "The Doctor Sees a Ghost" (1933) by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements

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I recently reviewed Fear of Fear (1931) and Blind Man's Buff (1933) by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements, a husband-and-wife writing...