Category Archives: In the dock

The Golden Spiders (1953) by Rex Stout

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

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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Blood Upon the Snow (1944) by Hilda Lawrence

Posted on September 19, 2017 by

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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Death in the Clouds (1935) by Agatha Christie

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

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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Death at the Dog (1940) by Joanna Cannan

Posted on September 14, 2017 by

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 →

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The Spectrum of English Murder: The Detective Fiction of Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher and G. D. H. and Margaret Cole (2015) by Curtis Evans

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

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 →

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Ngaio Marsh Awards Blog Tour: The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie: Murder, Politics and Revenge in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand (2015) by David Hastings

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

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 →

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Dumb Witness (1937) by Agatha Christie

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

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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Overture to Death (1939) by Ngaio Marsh

Posted on September 9, 2017 by

Today’s review is a re-read, as will be my next one. By and large most of what I review/read is new reads so it is nice to do some revisiting as well, (she says trying to justify having to get … Continue reading →

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Seven Dead (1939) by J. Jefferson Farjeon

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

Source: Review Copy (British Library) Farjeon was an author I looked at a few times when I first started my blog, reviewing titles such as Thirteen Guests (1936), The Z Murders (1932) and The House Opposite (1931). But I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Another Great Installment in the British Library Crime Classics Series: The Long Arm of the Law (2017) ed. Martin Edwards

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

Source: Review Copy (British Library) This collection opens as usual with an insightful and informative introduction by Martin Edwards, who provides a whistle stop tour of police detectives in mystery fiction. No mean feat, but I liked how he pointed … Continue reading →

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