Classic Mysteries
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Short reviews of classic mystery novels and stories that are worth reading and re-reading. Tune in to listen to the podcast hosted by Les Blatt.
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
A local hero is kidnapped, and a shocking murder is only one of many unexpected results. Investigator Anthony Bathurst uncovers the ugly truths that someone is willing to commit murder to hide ..read more
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
A private detective and a small group of survivors from a murderous wedding find themselves trapped with an apparently psychotic killer on a remote island, cut off from the world at large ..read more
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
It sounded like the perfect story for a movie - a curse still working after 300 years. A macabre twist to a powerful drama - or simply brutal murder ..read more
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
Nice to be newlywed. Not so nice to fight a blackmailer. Anne Morice's "Murder in Married Life," reviewed this week on Classic Mysteries ..read more
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
Clever plotting, pointed dialogue and murder - what more could a reader want ..read more
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
A car driven by a dead man with a cut throat...a lost gallows on a missing London street...John Dickson Carr's second mystery starring Henri Bencolin, "The Lost Gallows," reviewed ..read more
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
Rabbi Small needed a break in his routine. An international bombing incident wasn't what he had in mind ..read more
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
Nearly everyone in his family hated Sir Adam Braid. Only the old man's granddaughter loved him - and the old miser was cutting her out of his will. A motive for murder? Or did someone else hate him enough to kill him? "The Case of Sir Adam Braid," A Golden Age classic by Molly Thynne, reviewed ..read more
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
On the Classic Mysteries podcast this week, Mr. and Mrs. North only want to draw up a new will, but it's their lawyer who gets murdered ..read more
Classic Mysteries
3y ago
Newly appointed to Scotland Yard, Bobby Owen finds himself weighing motives, politics and amazing beauty as he hunts for a murderer who might just be an "untouchable" British aristocrat. E.R. Punshon's "Helen Passes By," reviewed ..read more