Book group is my reason for returning to the work of Ellery Queen (penname for Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee) so soon after my April read by this duo. My copy of the novel is from the American…| crossexaminingcrime
Praed Street, near Paddington, London. Back in the late 1920s, you would not want to be trying to sell property in that locale. First, one Jim Tovey, a greengrocer, is killed by a single stab-wound…| In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
As I write this, it’s the beginning of my second week of summer vacation. For laymen, (read: non-educators) it’s the gravy in the crazy tureen of my professional life. Residing as I do in the middl…| Ah Sweet Mystery!