Tag Archives: Margery Allingham

Serpents in Eden (2016) ed. By Martin Edwards

Posted on July 10, 2017 by armchairreviewer

This book has spent quite a while on my TBR pile, since I bought it from Barter Book last year, but at long last it made it to the top and I’m rather glad it did. Like Auden I find … Continue reading →

Posted in In the dock | Tagged Anthony Berkeley, Arthur Conan Doyle, British Library Crime Classic Reprints, Countryside Mysteries, E. C. Bentley, Ethel Lina White, G. K. Chesterton, Gladys Mitchell, H. C. Bailey, Herbert Jenkins, Lenora Wodehouse, Leo Bruce, M. McDonnell Bodkin, Margery Allingham, Martin Edwards, R. Austin Freeman, Serpents in Eden | 3 Comments

Tuesday Night Bloggers: A is for April… and Anything Goes: What makes a good Aristocratic Sleuth?

Posted on April 25, 2017 by armchairreviewer

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 →

Posted in Tuesday Night Bloggers | Tagged Albert Campion, Aristocratic Sleuth, Auguste Dupin, Dorothy L. Sayers, Golden Age Detective Fiction, Inspector Alleyn, Lord Peter Wimset, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Tuesday Night Bloggers | 10 Comments

Tuesday Night Bloggers: First Encounters

Posted on January 10, 2017 by armchairreviewer

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 →

Posted in Tuesday Night Bloggers | Tagged Cyril Hare, Dorothy L. Sayers, Freeman Wills Crofts, Georgette Heyer, Gladys Mitchell, John Dickson Carr, Josephine Tey, Margery Allingham, Michael Innes, Ngaio Marsh, Tuesday Night Bloggers | 28 Comments

Tuesday Night Bloggers: War Mysteries

Posted on November 22, 2016 by armchairreviewer

A couple of weeks ago I did a post for Remembrance Sunday which looked at First World War set mystery novels and a lot of interesting ideas and recommendations were brought up – so thanks for that! For the Tuesday … Continue reading →

Posted in Tuesday Night Bloggers | Tagged Agatha Christie, Boris Akunin, Charlotte Murray Russell, Espionage, Harriet Rutland, History and Mystery, Manning Coles, Margery Allingham, Michael Gilbert, Patricia Moyes, Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Tuesday Night Bloggers, War | 8 Comments

Gender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction (2016) by Megan Hoffman

Posted on July 10, 2016 by armchairreviewer

Source: Review Copy (Palgrave Macmillan) Not only is there a rise in the reprinting of golden age detective novels these days, but there is also a rise in the number of books coming out which seek to analyse such works, … Continue reading →

Posted in In the dock | Tagged Agatha Christie, Christianna Brand, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction, Gladys Mitchell, Golden Age Detective Fiction, Josephine Tey, Margery Allingham, Megan Hoffman, Ngaio Marsh, Palgrave Macmillan, Patricia Wentworth | 6 Comments

Deadly Dinner Parties

Posted on June 4, 2016 by armchairreviewer

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agatha Christie, Clyde B. Clason, Cyril Hare, Dorothy L. Sayers, Golden Age Detective Fiction, Hans Olav Lahlum, Herman Koch, J. Jefferson Farjeon, John Dickson Carr, John Rhode, L. C. Tyler, Margery Allingham, Michael Innes, Patricia Wentworth | 6 Comments

Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction (2016) by Lisa Hopkins

Posted on May 16, 2016 by armchairreviewer

Source: Review Copy (Palgrave Macmillan) Spoiler Alert: In the fifth paragraph there is a major spoiler in regards to Harriet Rutland’s Blue Murder. This book immediately caught my interest, as I have been aware of the allusions detective fiction writers … Continue reading →

Posted in In the dock | Tagged Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Golden Age Detective Fiction, Lisa Hopkins, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, Nicholas Blake, Palgrave Macmillan, Shakespearean Allusions in Crime Fiction, William Shakespeare | 13 Comments

Emotions in Golden Age Detective Fiction

Posted on April 4, 2016 by armchairreviewer

Spoiler Warning: For the following novels crucial information concerning the killers is mentioned: Christie’s Evil Under the Sun, The Murder at the Vicarage, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Peril at End House and Death on the Nile, Margery Allingham’s Dancers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ellery Queen, Emotions, Gladys Mitchell, Golden Age Detective Fiction, Josephine Tey, Margery Allingham | 7 Comments

A Thriller with a Snooze Factor: Mr Campion’s Farthing (1969), Inspired by Margery Allingham, Written by Philip Youngman Carter

Posted on October 23, 2015 by armchairreviewer

A review for Past Offences Monthly Challenge. Continuing on author’s detective series after they are dead has been quite a contentious topic in recent times in crime fiction circles with Sophie Hannah’s new Poirot novel (second one to be released … Continue reading →

Posted in In the dock | Tagged Albert Campion, Margery Allingham, Philip Youngman Carter, Thriller, Tiger in the Smoke | 7 Comments

The Golden Age of Murder (2015) by Martin Edwards

Posted on July 4, 2015 by armchairreviewer

Martin Edwards, author of many crime fiction novels himself, such as his Harry Devlin and Lake District series, has now written a book on Golden Age crime fiction between the two world wars, centring around the novelists involved in the … Continue reading →