... our ... Carole Shmurak[member in this group] 1)Deadmistress 2)Death By Committee G.M Malliet[member in this group] 1)Death Of A Cozy Writer-very GADish ...
Friends, I just finished reading our colleague Martin Edwards’ “The Cipher Garden”. What a find! At the beginning I thought that I wouldn’t like it,...
... Thanks, Juergen, it's nice to attach some names and a background to those initials. Curt ... collection ... included it ... early ... from ... 1928 ... ...
I don't think Marsh had a "hay bale" murder. You may be thinking of "Died in the Wool," which involves a fleece bale - Sally M. Gall librettist@... ... ...
I made a mistake here. The novel I meant was "Dishonour Among Thieves" not "Policemen in the Precinct". I read it in the US-version "The Last Escape" and got...
Oh, I see. Yes, I think Dishonour Among Thieves was her last book, published posthumously. She was only 64 when she died, I believe, but I think had...
The Tankerville Club in CIncinnati.. Jeffrey Marks www.jeffreymarks.com Check out my website for news about my books and marketing tips of the month Atomic...
Adrian, Jack (Ed.) - Detective Stories From The Strand Magazine (1991) With a Foreword by Julian Symons Twenty-six stories, ranging from the obscure to the...
You're right - "Died in the Wool" involved a fleece bale. Nicholas Blake (C. Day Lewis) however did have a victim turn up in a haystack at an English boys'...
So Barzun's exactly one year younger than Carr - who was born in the same town as Wendell Hertig Taylor? Â A very impressive age for a very impressive person...
He read the last original Sherlock Holmes collection of stories the year it was first published. Curt ... the same town as Wendell Hertig Taylor? ... ...
So few films have been made of John Dickson Carr stories that the appearance of one on television is noteworthy. TCM is showing "The Man with a Cloak" (1951) ...
I got to talk to Jacques Barzun during my research into Anthony Boucher. Truly a highlight of my life! Jeff Jeffrey Marks www.jeffreymarks.com Check out my...
In a message dated 12/03/2008 7:38:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Very impressive ! Does that make him the world's oldest living writer? ( I've known a man...
Read Mary Reed's review on the Mystery*File weblog: http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=856 "Fans of Holmes and Raffles will find this collection amusing and some...
A review of the latest Lee Goldberg novel centering on the TV character is here: http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/mr-monk-is-miserable/ "Goldberg also...
The latest CADS arrived today, including a fascinating article by Agatha Christie - one of Tony Medawar's most interesting discoveries. Â Christie's criticism...
Maybe Tony (or CADS) can send this to every Christie critic, like Jessica Mann, who never seem to acknowledge the evolution in her work beyond the "Cluedo"...
Forgive my ignorance, but how can I get CADS? I've googled it and have only got a snail mail address from a web page that seems badly out of date. The Christie...
GADers! Woo woo strikes again, for I have just read Destination Unknown, an atypical Agatha which I would describe as a scientist defection mild thriller with...
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Many thanks to all who replied to my query (including Curt, whose mailbox seems to be rejecting all emails). Henrique ________________________________ From:...
This week: -- Glenn Ford falls into the money trap -- Howard Duff gets oleaginous -- the Dodgers would love to kill Red -- when the Crime Doctor gets a...
A review of Judson Philips' thriller is on the Mystery*File weblog: "By the time he [the protagonist, Peter Styles] solves the grisly double homicide, the...
... of her own work, and how she has become more interested in..."the deep smouldering resentments and dissatisfactions that do not always come to the surface...
Yes - although James emerged very obviously out of Nicholas Blake (naturalistic treatment of characters, tragic atmosphere) and Margery Allingham (depiction of...
James also resembles some Henry Wade, who did misery and depression quite well. Cover Her Face easily could have been a Wade novel. Though I've never seen...
In a message dated 12/05/2008 6:09:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Query- what is CADS ? & how might I obtain it ? [Non-text portions of this message have...
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