Blogs about Crime and mystery books
10 blogs about Crime and mystery books.
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Beneath the Stains of Time
Welcome to the niche corner, dedicated to the great detective stories of yore and their neo-classical descendants.
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They Can't Hang Me (1938) by James Ronald In 2023, Moonstone Press published Stories of Crime & Detection, vol. 1: The Dr. Britling Stories (2023), collecting three novelettes, the once elusive novel Six Were to Die (1932) and an excellent non-series short story …
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Bitter Tea and Mystery
Where I list what I read and my reactions. Mystery is my genre, leaning towards traditional mysteries and police procedurals.
By TracyK. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
A Cast of Falcons: Steve Burrows A Cast of Falcons is the third book in the Birder Murder Mystery series by Steve Burrows. The author is Canadian and this is the first book I have read for the Canadian Reading Challenge. …
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Criminal Element
Mysteries, Thrillers, and all things Killer!
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Book Review: May the Wolf Die by Elizabeth Heider Elizabeth Heider’s debut novel, May the Wolf Die, sets a frenetic pace. It’s a thriller infused with insider knowledge—of complicated quasi-governmental machinations that underlay the plot as well as detailed descriptions of Naples. Heider is …
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Cross Examining Crime
By Kate Jackson. 🇬🇧 More infoUpdated
Prisoner’s Base (1967) by Celia Fremlin It has been great seeing Celia Fremlin’s work receive more attention in recent years, with Faber & Faber reprinting some of her novels such as The Hours Before Dawn (1958) and The Long Shadow (1975). …
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Multo (Ghost)
Ghosts of story, myth, or anywhere else....
By Nina Zumel. More infoUpdated
The Origin of Stories: A Seneca Tale Second in a series of myths about myths, inspired by Rosalind Kerven’s article “The Mythical Origins of Myths” in FLS News, the newsletter of the Folklore Society, Issue 102, February 2024. The Origin of Stories …
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Mystery*File
Devoted to mystery and detective fiction.
By Steve Lewis. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
A Movie Review by Dan Stumpf: STRANGERS KISS (1983). REVIEWED BY DAN STUMPF: STRANGERS KISS. Orion, 1983. Peter Coyote, Victoria Tennant, Blaine Novak, Dan Shor, Richard Romanus, and Linda Kerridge. Written by Blaine Novak & Matthew Chapman. Directed by Matthew Chapman. A niche film, …
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The Passing Tramp
Wandering through the mystery genre, book by book.
By Curtis Evans. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Shinju: The 1939 Deaths of Sir William and Lady (Beatrice) Reid and the Genesis of Agatha Christie's Elephants Can Remember (1972) "Did her mother kill her father or was it the father who killed the mother?"--Bossy Mrs. Burton-Cox badgers Ariadne Oliver about the deaths of General Sir Alistair Ravenscroft and Lady Ravenscroft in Elephants Can Remember"I …
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Pretty Sinister Books
Crime, Supernatural and Adventure fiction. Obscure, Forgotten and Well Worth Reading.
By J F Norris. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
The Glass Heart - Marty Holland Down on his luck Curt Blair is waiting out a rainstorm in a “ritzy hash joint” just outside of Hollywood, USA when he steals a fancy camel hair overcoat then flees intending to sell the …
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Spy Write
Reviewing and collecting spy fiction and nonfiction.
By Jeff Quest. 🇺🇸 More infoUpdated
Barbican Station – The Secret Hours by Mick Herron – Review with Tim Shipman Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. This week we are back to talk about Mick Herron’s latest book – The Secret Hours! I’m pleased to …
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Up and Down These Mean Streets
In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation.
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Rediscovered: The Burnt Machens Speaking of burnt books, the most notorious examples I personally saw in a bookstore, actually offered for sale, were several first edition Arthur Machen titles. Early stuff. Fin de siècle. Previous siècle. I remember a …