Tag Archives: Michael Innes

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

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

My Favourite Books of 2015

Posted on December 17, 2015 by armchairreviewer

2015 is drawing to a close, so I decided to look at some of my favourite books that I have enjoyed the most this year. To avoid repetition I have discounted December as I shall also be doing a Book … Continue reading →

Posted in Book of the Month | Tagged Carrie Bebris, Dorothy Salisbury Davies, Frances Iles, Hans Olav Lahlum, Julian Symons, Manning Coles, Martin Edwards, Michael Chabon, Michael Innes, Susan Glaspell | 9 Comments

Lord Mullion’s Secret (1981) by Michael Innes

Posted on August 24, 2015 by armchairreviewer

In similar way, as I was with Ngaio Marsh, I was surprised that Michael Innes (pseudonym for J. I. M. Stewart) was still publishing novels in the 1980s, more readily associating him with the Golden age era. I have already … Continue reading →

Posted in In the dock | Tagged Art Mystery, Detective Fiction, Golden Age, Lord Mullion's Secret, Michael Innes, Shakespeare and Company Bookshop | Leave a comment

How and Why Crime and Comedy go together in Comic Crime (1987), ed. by Earl Bargainnier

Posted on July 28, 2015 by armchairreviewer

As part of preparing a course on Golden Age crime, I’ve been dipping into critical secondary reading. Although prior to reading this book, I had certainly read funny detective novels, I had not really thought about what goes into making … Continue reading →