Cats Don't Need Coffins (1946) by D. B. Olsen (Dolores Hitchens)This is Olsen's seventh book featuring septuagenarian sleuth Miss Rachel Murdock--about mid-way through the series of 13 books, all of which feature cats in the title. It is also, in my opinion, a very mid-range book. Rachel and her disapproving sister Jennifer--who disapproves of everything from Rachel's getting mixed up in murders to drinking--are invited to Miriam Hamilton's luxurious mansion. Ostensibly, Miriam is feeling gui...| MY READER'S BLOCK
The Disappearing Floor (1940; original text) by Franklin W. DixonFrank and Joe Hardy and their best bud Chet are headed to the woods for a little camping trip. Just by chance there is a scorched envelope in their first night's fire pit with the name "Harry Tanwick" on it and a hundred dollar bill inside. [Will the mystery in this story have anything to do with Harry or the envelope? Not a whole lot. Sorry, if that spoils things too much.] Then...that night Frank wakes to find someone rummagin...| MY READER'S BLOCK
Death on the Dragon's Tongue (1982) by Margot Arnold (Petronelle Cook)When an ailing friend calls on Sir Tobias Glendower, professor of Near Eastern and European Archaeology, to take his place at the site of a prehistoric burial monument (henge) in Brittany, Sir Toby has no idea that that he's going to land in the middle of another murder case--this one involving French politics Breton superstitions, witchcraft, and a transplanted American cult. Not to mention blackmail, drug-running, and kid...| MY READER'S BLOCK
Whose Body? (1923) by Dorothy L. Sayers (read by Ian Carmichael)Yes...I've read and listened to Whose Body? many times before. I've reviewed it in depth (HERE) and I've reviewed audio versions by both David Case and Nano Nagle. And all I've got to say about those is: Thank goodness for Ian Carmichael. There is nothing like listening to him read the LPW stories and I'm glad that I've been able to get hold of most of the audio versions he did (I'm still missing a few and hope to complete the...| MY READER'S BLOCK
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The Feathered Serpent (1927) by Edgar WallaceWhen reporter Peter Dewin first heard about the Feathered Serpent, he laughed. "When he heard of it again, he sneered." It sounded for all the world like something from a shilling shocker or from one of the thrilling plays on London's stages. And, to be fair, the story did start with the theater. Miss Ella Creed, well-known actress, receives a cardboard message with a crude drawing of a Feathered Serpent and the words "Lest you forget." It's an exa...| MY READER'S BLOCK
Murder, London-South Africa (1966) by John CreaseyWhen an important South African diamond merchant by the name of Van der Lunn goes missing just after landing in London, Superintendent Roger "Handsome" West is tapped to lead the investigation. Working with Lieutenant Jameson, a South African officer attached to the country's consulate in London, They track Van der Lunn to a seedy little hotel where he is being held incommunicado. But those who are holding him attempt to sneak him out a window...| MY READER'S BLOCK
Murder Being Once Done (1972) by Ruth RendellChief Inspector Reg Wexford has been put on sick leave after a thrombosis in his eye. Dr. Crocker has put him on a regimented diet and ordered him off of alcohol, rich food....and police work. The doctor suggested a month at the seaside--but it's February and Wexford has no intention of freezing at the beach. So, he arranges to stay with his nephew and his wife in London. His nephew is a Detective Superintendent at the Yard. Wexford figures he'll a...| MY READER'S BLOCK
Appointment with Death (1938; audio novel 2001) by Agatha Christie ~audio novel read by Hugh Fraser I listened to the HarperAudio versio...| myreadersblock.blogspot.com
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Pilgrim's Rest ( Dark Threat ; 1946) by Patricia Wentworth (Dora Amy Turnbull) When Judy Elliot's sister and brother-in-law are killed in ...| myreadersblock.blogspot.com