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The Banquet Ceases
‘Call Bernard! I’ll see him—and you—in hell first!’ It is 1947 and a sumptuous banquet at Fairfield Manor is underway to celebrate Bernard Smith-Wilson’s recovery from a serious illness. Among the guests are Bernard’s childhood friend Rupert Lavering and his wife Louise. A ...
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This Way Out
‘The perfect murder must be so simple that no one would suspect it to be murder.’ Volume Three contains a novel, a novelette and a short story: This Way Out Philip Marshall is locked in a long and hellish marriage with his wife Cora, with divorce not a...
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The Dr Britling Stories
Art is never sordid,’ said Daniel. ‘And murder is one of the arts.’ Volume One contains the first collection of stories featuring Police Surgeon turned amateur sleuth Daniel Britling, originally published 1930-32: The Green G...
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In Search of Bray-in-the-Marsh
November 11, 2022
One of the joys of vintage crime novels (aside from the whodunnit) is the glimpse of life from the past. With Bruce Graeme there is the ad...
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Gothic Mysteries and the Lost English Country House.
August 25, 2022
My love for the gothic house mystery started in childhood. Our bookshelves were filled with Wilkie Collins, the Brontes, Henry James, Edga...
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It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
C.S. Lewis