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GAdetection · The Golden Age of Detective Fiction

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  • Members: 418
  • Category: Mystery
  • Founded: Jun 29, 2001
  • Language: English
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For discussion and shared reading of mysteries from the Golden Age (roughly 1910-1960). Ellery Queen, John Dickson Carr, Dorothy L Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, Gladys Mitchell, HC Bailey, Michael Gilbert, Norbert Davis and many many others.

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Mysteries for children (and adults): The Westing Game
Les, The students on my 6th grade team are currently reading the book. I'd never heard of it, and I'm enjoying it immensely. Some have come over to talk to me
Posted - Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:47 am
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Re: 'Whose Body?' (1923)
That's odd. When I was choosing detective novels to reprint for Dover (10-12 years ago) we didn't do WHOSE BODY? as books published 1923 or later were still
Posted - Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:51 am
Douglas G.
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British Library will offer free 19th-century book downloads from Spr
A bit before our period, but there should be some interesting stuff: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article7017899.ece
Posted - Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:02 am
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Re: 'Whose Body?' (1923)
Here in Canada copyright is still fifty years after the end of the year of the author's death although Europe is trying to get us to adopt the seventy year
Posted - Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:29 am
Ronald Smyth
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Re: 'Whose Body?' (1923)
What Margaret says applies in the whole EU since the Copyright Duration Directive of 1993. The protection granted to author's rights by EU copyright law is
Posted - Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:02 am
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