Blogs about Crime and mystery books
9 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.” By TomCat.Updated
Prague Fatale (2011) by Philip Kerr Philip Kerr was a British author who garnered wide success with his World War II thriller series about Bernhard "Bernie" Gunther, Kriminal Commissar, which began as a trilogy and appeared to have been completed by …
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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. 🇺🇸Updated
Two Country Music Mysteries In this post I am covering two humorous mystery novels set in the country music world. The first book was Fender Benders by Bill Fitzhugh, published in 2001. I read it in February.This book is …
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Criminal Element
“Mysteries, Thrillers, and all things Killer!”Updated
Father/Daughter Detective Teams I’ve always loved “buddy” detective stories featuring a main sleuth and his or her sidekick, especially if the relationship is akin to oil and water (at odds all the time) or oil and vinegar (a …
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Cross Examining Crime
By Kate Jackson. 🇬🇧Updated
Murder in the Caribbean (2018) by Robert Thorogood I did wonder if I would cause some kind of readers’ revolt by returning to the Death in Paradise series for the third time in the same month, but as my husband reminded me, my …
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Mystery*File
“Devoted to mystery and detective fiction.” By Steve Lewis. 🇺🇸Updated
Diary Review: JOHN D. MacDONALD – Pale Gray for Guilt. JOHN D. MacDONALD – Pale Gray for Guilt. Travis McGee #9, Gold Medal d1893, paperback original, 1968. Lippincott, hardcover, 1971. Reprinted many times. A friend of Travis McGee has a small business that was blocking …
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The Passing Tramp
“Wandering through the mystery genre, book by book.” By Curtis Evans. 🇺🇸Updated
Detections and Discursions: PD James' Devices and Desires (1989), Book the Last "It's very satisfying to the human ego to discover the truth; ask Adam Dalgliesh. It's even more satisfying to human vanity to imagine you can avenge the innocent, restore the past, vindicate the right. But …
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Pretty Sinister Books
“Crime, Supernatural and Adventure fiction. Obscure, Forgotten and Well Worth Reading.” By J F Norris. 🇺🇸Updated
The Empty Bed - Herbert Adams I read three books that were set around or on Christmas Day during December and have managed to finish only one in time for the end of 2022. One I stopped because it was so …
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Spy Write
“Reviewing and collecting spy fiction and nonfiction.” By Jeff Quest. 🇺🇸Updated
Barbican Station – SLOW HORSES Season Two Finale Recap Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss the finale of …
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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.” 🇺🇸Updated
Mort: John Jakes It’s time to mention his name in Atlantis. Brian Leno popped the news to me that John Jakes died Saturday March 18, age 90. Jakes was one of the most commercially successful writers to emerge …
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