In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
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I've read detective fiction since very young, starting with the Famous Five and progressing to the proper stuff. I've got very eclectic tastes in the mystery genre and here you will find a spoiler-free review of fair play detective fiction.
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
14h ago
J R Alastor has been a best selling mystery writer for decades – and a mystery himself on top of that. No one has ever met him, but out of the blue, he invites six other mystery writers to a writing retreat on his island. But when they arrive, their host is nowhere to be ..read more
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
14h ago
Everyone at work is bemoaning the fact that this January seems to have gone on forever. They’re not wrong. While I await the imposition of blogging tariffs from President Fart – sorry, looks like the US to UK AI translator kicked in there, blame Elon and chums – at least the interminable wait until February ..read more
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
14h ago
Dame Charlotte Lazerton, the mentor to Danish academic and one-time sleuth Toben Helle is dead. She was found in her house days after her death – you can’t blame Mortimer, her Irish wolfhound for what he did, he was hungry… Natural causes is what everyone, except for Torben, believe is the cause of death. When ..read more
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
14h ago
The Ministry of Fine Arts, tasked with, among other things, investing in unknown artists in order to provide works to be displayed around the country, isn’t the most popular department. The new minister Humphry David, appointed after the non-mysterious deaths of his two predecessors, isn’t too happy with his new job, but he’s going to ..read more
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
14h ago
1994, Cork. Gardai Julia Harte and Adrian Clancy are called to a housing estate but what they find will haunt Julia for decades. As she encounters serial killer James Cox for the first time, things rapidly begin to escalate, as the killer seems to have Julia in his sights. 2024, and Julia Harte has disappeared ..read more
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
14h ago
Brighton, 1933. The sign in front of The Palace Pier Theatre boasts that the current play is Murder By Association by Robert Carol, starring Celia Hamilton, an actress famed from the silver screen, even if she is in something of a decline. Bertie Carroll, the writer, is fascinated to watch this performance of one of ..read more
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
1w ago
Everyone at work is bemoaning the fact that this January seems to have gone on forever. They’re not wrong. While I await the imposition of blogging tariffs from President Fart – sorry, looks like the US to UK AI translator kicked in there, blame Elon and chums – at least the interminable wait until February ..read more
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
1w ago
Dame Charlotte Lazerton, the mentor to Danish academic and one-time sleuth Toben Helle is dead. She was found in her house days after her death – you can’t blame Mortimer, her Irish wolfhound for what he did, he was hungry… Natural causes is what everyone, except for Torben, believe is the cause of death. When ..read more
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
1w ago
The Ministry of Fine Arts, tasked with, among other things, investing in unknown artists in order to provide works to be displayed around the country, isn’t the most popular department. The new minister Humphry David, appointed after the non-mysterious deaths of his two predecessors, isn’t too happy with his new job, but he’s going to ..read more
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel Blog
2w ago
1994, Cork. Gardai Julia Harte and Adrian Clancy are called to a housing estate but what they find will haunt Julia for decades. As she encounters serial killer James Cox for the first time, things rapidly begin to escalate, as the killer seems to have Julia in his sights. 2024, and Julia Harte has disappeared ..read more