#126: Classic Crime Authors and Their Secret Identities – A Quiz!
Have you ever noticed how many crime and detective fiction authors from the Golden Age published books under an assumed name? I mean, sure, some of them published under two or more names where one of...
View Article#128: Classic Crime Authors and Their Secret Identities – A Quiz! The Answers!
Okay, if you haven’t checked out the quiz from earlier this week then here’s your last chance before the answers spoil everything for everyone. God, just for once can’t we have a relaxing Christmas?...
View Article#153: The Tuesday Night Bloggers – Five to Try…But What’s the Theme?
In what might actually be the first time I’ve contributed to a full month of TNB posts — woo! Mr. Commitment! — I thought I’d finish off with my first Five to Try in a little while on the subject of...
View Article#159: John Dickson Carr-ossword
Well, we’ve already had John Dingbats Carr, now it’s time for another word puzzle to, er, honour the finest detective novelist of all time! As part of my month of occasional Carr-related shenanigans in...
View Article#198: The Tuesday Night Bloggers – The First Lines of First Impossible Crimes…
The ab ovo examination of my reading in these Tuesday Night Bloggers posts over the last few weeks has been very enjoyable, but let’s move on to something else for the end of the month: you’re tired,...
View Article#202: First Lines of First Impossible Crimes – The Answers!
If you still wish to pit your wits against my “From which novel is this the first line?” quiz of debut impossibilties, do not click to read more as the answers are below. But you probably figured that...
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#582: Cain’s Jawbone: A Novel Problem (1934) by Torquemada
No, this is not a review of Cain’s Jawbone (1934) by Torquemada, a.k.a. Edward Powys Mathers. In order to review it, I must first read it, and reading it presents a difficulty as many of you will be...
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#665: Spoiler Warning – Coming in July: The Mysterious Affair at Styles...
We’ve discussed The Eye of Osiris (1911) by R. Austin Freeman in spoiler-rich detail, so it’s time to make new plans. Well, it’s been 100 years since the publication of Agatha Christie’s debut, and...
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#732: Spoiler Warning – Coming in January… + Agatha Cryptic: Non-Poirot Edition
Well, here’s the result of one vote whose ramifications will be felt in January acknowledged, at least… Back in October, when Brad, Moira, and I discussed The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) by Agatha...
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#795: Cryptic Crossword – Golden Age Detectives Edition
A couple of weeks ago, a clue turned up in my cryptic crossword — Fictional detective satisfied about a vandalised rig [7] — and, once I’d solved it, got me thinking. Again. The first thing I thought...
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