Oops clicked the bottom link first. The ID not really a surprise, though only one of their judges came at all close. Very interesting, thanks! Curt ... ...
Somewhere in--I'm pretty sure--a GAD mystery, there's a scene where a judge sums up for a jury the definitions of murder, manslaughter etc. in a very succinct...
A+: A Cure for All Diseases (Hill, 2008) The Rising of the Moon (Mitchell, 1945) The Crocodile Bird (Rendell, 1993) Â A: Shadow on the Wall (Bailey, 1934) Mr...
First I want to wish everyone a happy new year. May you get the best of everything and avoid the worst of the rest. This year's Top 20 is some particular since...
R.I.P. I don't care much for his novels, but as a short-story writer he was just brilliant. The Levine stories in particular are excellent. It looks like we're...
... Ah well, that's what I'd call a sweeping generalization and a biased ranking of writers. That, of course, can't be taken seriously. :-P Even so, I find...
This week: -- idolatry has its limits -- Alan Ladd is under a cloud -- submerged memories lead to murder -- Joseph Cotten gets disillusioned -- and he also...
Dear Carola I think it might be the opening scenes of Strong Poison by Sayers, but I might be wrong.? However, the 1911 Britannica should have a precise...
In a message dated 1/2/2009 9:45:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Gordonsmith2@... writes: Dear Carola I think it might be the opening scenes of Strong...
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GADers! Thanks to Mike for his continuing labours in the TCM field! Unfortunately for the rest of you, glancing over this ayem's list has resulted in this note...
... judge sums up for a jury the definitions of murder, manslaughter etc. in a very succinct and clear speech.>> I found it, right after I turned off the...
If you don't mind a long-term lurker butting in ... The book is "The Penrose Mystery," (1936) and I believe the summation you're thinking of comes in Chapter...
There is very little to choose between Ellery Queen and Freeman Wills Crofts. Neither were born writers nor story-tellers. It is hardly surprising that...
Mary: Being an American, I had only an inkling that those lines quoted from the film were making reference to some sort of candy treat (logically, biting into...
For some reason URLs get cut off on Wikipedia articles with file extension names. The one for Brighton rock confections: http://tinyurl.com/2c4upl The one for...
Victor Meldrew. "AÂ citizen of the universe, and a gentleman to boot." ... From: Christine <murdermostbritish@...> Subject: Re: [GAdetection] Books Read...
Finished my revisions on the sections on indvidual authors (Street, Crofts, Connington, Wade, the Coles) and the opening chapter on the whole Humdrum concept....
... to me inferior to work by Allingham and Marsh. The book insists on its own importance, but I'm not convinced. Relating this to your novels/stories...
Aging Aunt Mildred was a 93-year-old woman who was particularly despondent over the recent death of her husband. She decided that she would just kill herself...
For some reason part of "A Broken Heart" got left off. Here is the way it should ... Aging Aunt Mildred was a 93-year-old woman who was particularly despondent...
It does seem odd that so many people bought so many bad books for so many years from such bad writers. That I have enjoyed myself. But what did I know. ...
... I don't know Crofts yet, but I find both Stout and (the) Queen(s) to be superb writers, certainly in terms of the mystery genre, and perhaps also beyond it...
On the Mystery Writer weblog, a well-known author of police procedurals is discussed: http://tinyurl.com/7x9osc "In 1951, Lombino took a job as an Executive ...
The Mystery Writer weblog talks about a once-quite-popular television series: http://tinyurl.com/7uenmg "Debuting September 30, 1984, 'Murder, She Wrote,' TV's...
