Good heavens, I wish Gerald Verner had written 20 books about Simon Gale. The larger-than-life Gale — “He paints and he writes, but mostly he just does anything that appeals to him…” — featured in a mere three of Verner’s books: Noose for a Lady (1952), Sorcerer’s House (1956), and The Snark was a Boojum … Continue reading #1336: “This doesn’t happen to be a detective story, you see…” – Sorcerer’s House (1956) by Gerald Verner| The Invisible Event
I first read Not to be Taken, a.k.a. A Puzzle in Poison (1938), my debut experience of the work of Anthony Berkeley, after happening across a Black Dagger Crime edition in about 2005. And I bloody …| The Invisible Event
I’m not entirely sure where Casual Slaughters (1935) by James Quince first came to my attention, but it might have been this list of 150 largely very good detective novels, compiled by Curtis Evans back in 2010. And since Curtis and I recently agreed about The Dead Man’s Knock (1958) by John Dickson Carr, and … Continue reading #1305: Casual Slaughters (1935) by James Quince| The Invisible Event
I’d previously read just one book by Cecil M. Wills, the Ramble House edition of Fatal Accident (1936), about which I remember nothing — though the fact that I didn’t review it mi…| The Invisible Event