That’s what I love about books – a journey without a map. I stumbled upon this quote in this interview in … More| Thistles and Kiwis
I order a variety of books from NetGalley, often Westerns but also popular series I’ve enjoyed in the past. Here are a few I’ve read the last few months and awarded good ratings to: Cit…| worddreams.wordpress.com
The other day I was sufficiently incautious to mention that 30-some years ago I had had a little side gig — in cooperation with the late great Greg Kramer, mystery novelist, stage magician, actor, and polymath — producing live murder mystery games. You demanded more details in the comment section, and I can but comply. […]| Noah's Archives
A little more than two years ago, I published a not-very-serious piece about zucchinis in murder mysteries. You can find it here. In it, I talked about an obscure mystery by John Rhode called Vegetable Duck in which a maid/cook scrapes out the inside of a zucchini and replaces it with minced mutton, parsley, onion, herbs, […]| Noah's Archives
As I mentioned the other day, I have acquired enough Michael Gilbert novels in the last while to devote an entire post to them en masse. Lately I picked up an armful of paperbacks, and I went out and supplanted that with e-books as my fancy took me. As you will soon see, when I want […]| Noah's Archives
My readers have spoken; I had so many complimentary comments the other day on my attempt to provide very brief comments about some books that, yes, I see your point and I’ll try to do more. Today’s exercise is looking at the books that have been hanging around at the bottom of my iBooks list, […]| Noah's Archives
A few years ago I happened to mention a Valentine Williams novel in the course of a piece on mysteries written by bridge players (found here). Williams himself was not a bridge player but his co-author of Fog (1932), Dorothy Rice Sims, was a national champion. In the brief paragraph about that particular book I mentioned […]| Noah's Archives
I had a small stroke of luck a few weeks ago and found a handful of Patricia Wentworth titles in a charity shop that included a couple of my personal favourites; it seemed like an opportune time fo…| Noah's Archives
