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How do I dislike thee? Let me count the ways: John Dickson Carr’s Patrick Butler for the Defence (1956)
It has been quite a while since I have read a Carr novel, 6 months in fact, and I imagine many Carr aficionados are querying my latest choice. I think the main factor behind the purchase was that it was … Continue reading
Tuesday Night Bloggers: First Encounters
To kick the year off the Tuesday Night Bloggers are looking at crime fiction firsts this month. Already we have had posts looking at the origins of detective fiction, John Dickson Carr’s Dr Fell series and J. J. Connington’s first … Continue reading
The Nine Wrong Answers (1952) by John Dickson Carr
Today is John Dickson Carr’s 110th birthday and JJ at The Invisible Event, who has a passing interest (and by that we read fanatical devotion) in Carr, decided to commemorate the occasion by exhorting fellow bloggers to contribute posts about … Continue reading
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Tagged Golden Age Detective Fiction, John Dickson Carr, The Nine Wrong Answers
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Deadly Dinner Parties
Spoiler warning: For readers who haven’t read Christie’s 4:50 from Paddington and Lord Edgware Dies I would avoid section one of this post. Not everyone is a fan of dinner parties. They can be incredibly stressful for the host and/or … Continue reading
The Judas Window (1938) by Carter Dickson
Aside from this being one of John Dickson Carr’s (writing as Carter Dickson), most famous and most revered novels, I am also reading The Judas Window (1938), as part of The 1938 Club challenge which is being run this week … Continue reading
Tuesday Night Bloggers: It Walks by Night (1930) by John Dickson Carr
To finish off the Tuesday Night Blogger’s month long look at the work of John Dickson Carr I have decided to read It Walks by Night (1930), Carr’s first detective novel which is also his first novel featuring Parisian director … Continue reading
Tuesday Night Bloggers: The Peacock Feather Murders (1937) by Carter Dickson
Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt Item: Yellow Object Last week I reviewed The Burning Court (1937) and my chosen novel this week was also published in the same year, though this time includes Carr’s serial sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale. However, before … Continue reading
Tuesday Night Bloggers: The Burning Court (1937) by John Dickson Carr
Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt Item: Bottle of Poison N.B. Having read the rules for Bev’s Scavenger Hunt I have selected a cover from the internet as my own book does not have a dust jacket. A Brief Interruption When the … Continue reading
Tuesday Night Bloggers: Comparing John Dickson Carr’s Settings
To kick off the Tuesday Night Bloggers’ look at John Dickson Carr this month, I have decided to examine Carr’s settings and in particular do a number of comparisons. I have categorised/ defined the settings in terms of countries/continents and … Continue reading
Book of the Month: February 2016
It’s that time of the month again when I have to make the tricky decision of deciding which book reviewed on my blog is deserving of being my Book of Month (a prestigious award you know). My reading this month … Continue reading
