One of my favorite things to do is make lists. There are several Five to Try lists available on this blog already, and last year I posted my Top Ten 1930s mysteries. That was a list generated as my contribution to a Book Club discussion.| Mysteries Ahoy!
The Langtail Press, 2010. Book Format: Kindle Edition. File Size: 323 KB. Print Length: 224 pages. ASIN: B004GXA5SY. ISBN: 979-1-78002-020-4. Fist published in 1925 by Herbert Jenkins in London. Overview: In a typical English country house, a murder is committed. The wealthy Victor Stanworth, who’d been playing host to a party of friends, is found … Continue reading "The Layton Court Mystery (Roger Sheringham Cases #1), 1925 by Anthony Berkeley"| A Crime is Afoot
The real fun with my Book Club occurs when we toss aside the traditional “Read-of-the-Month” format and talk about books in general. When we read something together, we make quick work of our discu…| Ah Sweet Mystery!
It’s been a little while since I read any of my beloved Golden Age crime books, so when I got the itch recently I couldn’t resist. Luckily, I have a little stack of unread titles which publishers have been kind enough to send me, and today I want to share a couple of titles which […]| Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
The BBC has been making quality radio adaptations of vintage crime novels for decades. Unfortunately though, with the exceptions of Christie and Sayers, these adaptations haven’t been easy to…| Mysteries Ahoy!
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
Recently, for a book group I attend, we were asked to pick our five favourite mysteries written in the 1920s. Brad who blogs at Ah Sweet Mystery and John who writes at Countdown John’s Christie Journal have already posted their choices. This was not an easy task for me, as compared to the 1930s and […]| crossexaminingcrime
British Library Publishing, 2025. Book Format: Kindle Edition. File Size: 2,6 MB. Print Lenght: 257 pages. ASIN: B0F2SJXKJ8. eISBN: 978-0-7123-6878-0. Originally serialised in John o’ London’s Weekly from November 1937 to March 1938 as Poison – Not to Be Taken. with a prize offered to readers who could solve the mystery before its final chapter, … Continue reading "Not to Be Taken aka A Puzzle in Poison, 1938 by Anthony Berkely"| A Crime is Afoot
Today is the tenth Bodies from the Library Conference, at which, until other considerations intervened, I was due to present on the topic of inverted mysteries. And you can bet I would at some point have talked about Six Against the Yard (1936), in which six crime writers put their ‘perfect murder’ on paper and … Continue reading #1309: Murderers Make Mistakes – Sudden Death Aplenty in Six Against the Yard [ss] (1936)| The Invisible Event
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted byKimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer.It’s a chance to share news.A post to recap the past week on your blog,showcase books and things we have received.Sh…| Words And Peace
The Piccadilly Murder is a novel with an impossible crime, the second masterpiece of 1929, when the first, I remember, was the very famous The Poisoned Chocolates Case. And with the latter, The Piccadilly Murder, it shares characters and methods of committing the crime, and therefore it can be considered that the two novels form an inseparable pair. The characters are: Ambrose Chitterwick, one of the six members of the Crime Club, an imaginary club, but not so much, that seems to echo The Det...| Death Can Read
The Langtail Press Ltd, 2010. Format: 236 pages Paperback Edition. ISBN: 978-1-78002-019-8. Originally published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton, 1930, it was published in the US by Doubl…| A Crime is Afoot
I picked my ten favourite crime and detective novels published in the 1930s a little while ago for my online book club, but I only do a Ten Favourite… list every four months or so and thus am…| The Invisible Event
I’ve had a bit of a rest for a couple of months, during which my blog traffic has gone through the roof, which fact should probably teach me something about leaving well alone, but hasn’t. Here I am back with, … Continue reading →| Past Offences: Classic crime, thrillers and mystery book reviews