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7/8/25

Such Bright Disguises (1941) by Brian Flynn

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Last year, Dean Street Press resumed its publishing activity following the untimely passing of its founder, Rupert Heath , reprinting the f...
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7/4/25

Scarlet Skeins: Case Closed, vol. 94 by Gosho Aoyama

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The 94th volume of Gosho Aoyama 's Case Closed series represents a milestone as the chapter opening the all-important last story in thi...
6/30/25

Visitors to the Isolated Island (2020) by Kie Houjou

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Last year, Kie Houjou became one of my favorite mystery writers on the strength of two novels, Jikuu ryokousha no sunadokei ( The Time Trav...
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6/25/25

Zombie Mail: "The Devil in the Summerhouse" (1942) by John Dickson Carr

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Two months ago, John Norris, of Pretty Sinister Books , posted a review of Charles Ashton 's annoyingly obscure, long out-of-print Deat...
6/20/25

Nine Times Nine (1940) by Anthony Boucher

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I previously reviewed H. Russell Wakefield's The Belt of Suspicion (1936), a not wholly uninteresting genre curiosity, but a curiosity ...
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6/16/25

The Belt of Suspicion (1936) by H. Russell Wakefield

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H. Russell Wakefield was a British civil servant, publisher and writer best remembered today for his short story collections of supernatura...
6/12/25

The Devil's Pet Baits: "A Melee of Diamonds" (1972) by Edward D. Hoch

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Edward D. Hoch 's "A Melee of Diamonds," originally published in the April, 1972, issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Maga...
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6/8/25

The Hit List: Top 10 Favorite Cases from Motohiro Katou's Q.E.D. vol. 26-50

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I reviewed the first volume, of fifty, in Motohiro Katou's Q.E.D. series back in 2018, reached the halfway mark (vol. 25) in May 2023 ...
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6/4/25

Obelists en Route (1934) by C. Daly King

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C. Daly King was an American psychologist and mystery writer best remembered today for his Trevis Tarrant series of short stories, collected...
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5/31/25

Boundary Reached: Q.E.D. vol. 50 by Motohiro Katou

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I started reading Motohiro Katou's Q.E.D. in 2018 and over the years, despite some prolonged hiatuses and ill-fated restarts, it not on...
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