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The Anthill Murders (2017) by Hans Olav Lahlum
Source: Review Copy (Mantle) This is the fifth book in Lahlum’s Kolbjorn Kristiansen (K2) and Patricia Borchmann series. I initially got a bit perplexed by this read, as based on a quote about the series on the dustjacket I assumed … Continue reading
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Tagged Hans Olav Lahlum, Norwegian Crime Fiction, Serial Killer, The Anthill Murders
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The Golden Spiders (1953) by Rex Stout
I am not one of Rex Stout’s biggest fans. I don’t actively dislike his work but at the same time I’m not invariably jumping up and down with excitement over his work. However, I decided to give him another go, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s Mystery, American Detective Fiction, Nero Wolfe, New York, Rex Stout
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Blood Upon the Snow (1944) by Hilda Lawrence
One technique which I have found quite helpful for finding new reads/authors is to search online for specific book imprints and in the case of Amazon seeing what other titles are suggested. Whilst this does not bode well for my … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s Mystery Novel, Blood Upon The Snow, Domestic Suspense, Hilda Lawrence, Winter Mystery
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Death in the Clouds (1935) by Agatha Christie
Another Christie re-read today on the blog. As the title suggests the book opens with a flight between Paris to Croydon. Our favourite Belgian sleuth is on board, which is a good thing, considering that by the time the plane … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Death in the Clouds, Golden Age Detective Fiction, Hercule Poirot, Transport
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Your Favourite British Library Crime Classics: The Final Results
A few weeks ago I set in motion two rounds of voting to uncover which novels and short story c0llections from the British Library Crime Classics series are your favourites. If you’ve missed which titles were shortlisted after the first round … Continue reading
Death at the Dog (1940) by Joanna Cannan
Cannan is a writer I have been meaning to return to for quite some time, since I read Murder Included (1950) early last year, but unfortunately I have not found it easy to procure reasonably priced copies of her work. … Continue reading
The Spectrum of English Murder: The Detective Fiction of Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher and G. D. H. and Margaret Cole (2015) by Curtis Evans
Although I am a keen reader of Curtis Evans’ excellent blog, The Passing Tramp, this is the first time I have read one of his publications. An oversight indeed! The book I am reading by Evans’ today, was based on … Continue reading
Ngaio Marsh Awards Blog Tour: The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie: Murder, Politics and Revenge in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand (2015) by David Hastings
Source: Review Copy (Auckland University Press) Today, the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Awards blog tour has reached its next pit stop. A month or so ago Craig Sisterson (a judge for the Awards and also writer of the New Zealand crime … Continue reading
Dumb Witness (1937) by Agatha Christie
Today finds me doing another re-read, though ironically because I had the ITV TV adaptation of the book stuck in my head, the ending turned out slightly differently than I was expecting. Not a bad thing. Always had a slight … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Dumb Witness, Golden Age Detective Fiction, Hercule Poirot
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Your Favourite British Library Crime Classics: Round 1
Last week I launched off a series of polls to find out which novels or story collections were the most popular from the British Library Crime Classics series. I decided to do split the books from the series into 5 … Continue reading
