Category Archives: In the dock

Anonymous Footsteps (1932) by John M. O’Connor

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

Source: Coach Whip Publications (Review Copy) John M. O’Connor (1909-1975), is one of those many authors who have been rediscovered by chance, in this case due to clippings and notes inside a copy of a book, being uncovered when coming … Continue reading →

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Vanishing Point (1955) by Patricia Wentworth

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

I’ve had mixed experiences with this author as my regular readers will know, but I was intrigued by this particular title, as the peculiar circumstances which take place in the story occur near an Air Ministry’s experimental station. This didn’t … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Night Bloggers: Helen’s Month: Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Swedish Match’ (1883)

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

Earlier last month one of our founder Tuesday Night Bloggers members, Helen Szamuely died and as a tribute to her the Tuesday Night Bloggers are featuring posts this month on some of her great interests in life: Europe, History and … Continue reading →

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Heir Presumptive (1935) by Henry Wade

Posted on May 20, 2017 by

Today’s review takes us back to the work of Henry Wade, whose novel The Hanging Captain (1933), I recently reviewed, which focuses on a police led investigation into the death of a country home owner. Today’s novel though is quite … Continue reading →

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Keep It Quiet (1935) by Richard Hull

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

I’m really pleased to be reviewing this book as I loved The Murder of My Aunt (1934), but I have not been able to get my hands on more of Hull’s work since then. Based on these two books I … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Night Bloggers: Helen’s Month: Sidney Carroll’s ‘A Note for the Milkman’ (1950)

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

Earlier last month one of our founder Tuesday Night Bloggers members, Helen Szamuely died and as a tribute to her the Tuesday Night Bloggers are featuring posts this month on some of her great interests in life: Europe, History and … Continue reading →

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A Puzzle in Poison (1938) by Anthony Berkeley

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

This is my first new to me Berkeley novel in quite a while. I love his work as Francis Iles; Malice Aforethought (1931) and Before the Fact (1932), but I have had a more mixed experience with his Berkeley novels, … Continue reading →

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Dark Days (1885) by Hugh Conway and Much Darker Days by Andrew Lang

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

David Brawn, in the introduction to Harper Collins’ reprint of this story, brings up a salient point. The qualities which made Conway a popular writer in the 1880s, were not necessarily those found in popular detective/crime novels in 1930 (when … Continue reading →

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The Hanging Captain (1933) by Henry Wade

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

It has been a while since I have read anything by Wade, but a fortuitous charity shop visit gave me some lucky finds and this is one of them. The story opens with a tennis party. Gerald Sterron is staying … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Night Bloggers: Helen’s Month: Agatha Christie’s Sleeping Murder (1976)

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

Earlier last month one of our founder Tuesday Night Bloggers members, Helen Szamuely, died and as a tribute to her the Tuesday Night Bloggers are featuring posts this month on some of her great interests in life: Europe, History and … Continue reading →

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