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Vintage Mysteries – Was it Bob the Dog?
Review – Poirot Loses a Client by Agatha Christie A keeper? Probably The case began in mystery. Getting a letter on a morning in late June from an elderly lady with a problem was a normal part of...
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Vintage mysteries – Dead dogs and missing wives
Review – The Case of the Howling Dog by Erle Stanley Gardner A keeper? Well, probably. There are a few authors who give me an irrational itch to own every book they published, or at least every book in...
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Vintage Mysteries: A swaybacked study
Review: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A keeper? Yes, but I’ll skip the middle section What a strangely constructed story. The first half is a wonderful introduction to young Dr. Watson...
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Vintage mysteries: Unhappy New Year
Review: The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth A keeper? Not her best, but good enough Some people throw wonderful New Years’ Eve parties. On the other hand, there’s James Paradine. It’s the...
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Vintage Mysteries: Death, Deduction, Devil Dogs…Who could ask for more?
Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A keeper? Yes, absolutely, definitely, no question Hound of the Baskervilles? It’s a really good story. Read it. Oh, you want details?...
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Vintage mysteries – When did the General die?
Review – The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, by Dorothy Sayers A keeper? Yes Harrumph. The Bellona Club is no place for unseemly, inappropriate, unpleasant events, don’t yer know. It’s one of the...
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Vintage mysteries – Wouldn’t it work better to fake a new identity?
Review: The Three Coffins by John Dickson Carr A keeper? Meh. Maybe. In its favor: It’s very short (so it doesn’t take much shelf space). If you don’t let yourself think about plausibility, it’s got a...
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Vintage Mysteries: Too many eyes
Review: The Case of the Counterfeit Eye by Erle Stanley Gardner A keeper? A little out of focus, but yes Where to start? Maybe I should tell you about Perry Mason’s new client, Pete Brunold, a one-eyed...
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Vintage Mysteries: Switchbacks
Review: The Case of the One-Eyed Witness by Erle Stanley Gardner A keeper? Yes – this one’s confusing fun We lived in California for two years when I was a child, and one thing I remember was...
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Vintage Mysteries: Sinister teacups
Review: The Peacock Feather Murders by Carter Dickson A keeper? Yes – a sinister setup and tight plot full of surprises Now, this is a locked room mystery. First, Scotland Yard receives a letter...
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