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The Buckled Bag (1914) by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

Just a short read for today’s review, which is also a return to Rinehart’s nursing sleuth, Hilda Adams, who I first encountered last year when reading Miss Pinkterton (1941). ‘The Buckled Bag’ is Adams’ first case and it opens with … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Night Blogger: A is for April… and Anything Goes: Accidental and Amateur Sleuths – What’s the Difference?

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

Ever keen to try something new, the Tuesday Night Bloggers have gone for a different type of theme this month: the letter A. Be it a book title, author, country or a more abstract theme; it all goes, as long … Continue reading →

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Miss Pinkerton (1932) by Mary Roberts Rhinehart

Posted on September 22, 2016 by

Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt Item: Nurse Rhinehart is not an author I have read much of, having only read The Yellow Room (1945), so I was interested in reading one of Rhinehart’s Miss Adams novels. Miss Adams is a nurse … Continue reading →

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The Yellow Room (1945) by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Posted on April 9, 2016 by

This book has been on my TBR pile for a while, so Rich’s Crimes of the Century Monthly Challenge at Past Offences gave me a good excuse to give it a go. Rinehart is an author I have never read … Continue reading →

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