Don't have access to all the posts right now, but just learned on a Sherlockian list that Rivals of Sherlock Holmes will be released on DVD this summer. Can't...
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Michael E. Grost
nzkpzq
Jul 1, 2009 6:58 pm
The staff of a large hotel in New York City is preparing for the arrival of an Australian millionaire, who hasn't seen his American family for twenty years....
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Michael E. Grost
nzkpzq
Jul 1, 2009 7:20 pm
Bill, This is very good news! The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes series is unusual, in that each episode is a different detective. And that it has film versions of...
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Jon
jonpjermey
Jul 1, 2009 8:34 pm
One of my great pleasures is listening to recordings of the old Information Please radio series, recorded in the forties. There are a few elements of GAD...
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Jon
jonpjermey
Jul 2, 2009 4:32 am
Upfield, Arthur - Man of Two Tribes (1956) This is Bony (and Upfield) back in the country he loves best -- the bleak dry windswept plains of Outback Australia....
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Jon
jonpjermey
Jul 2, 2009 4:45 am
Carr, John Dickson - The Emperor's Snuffbox (1942) La Bandalette is a French seaside resort, with a Casino and its own small population of English expatriates;...
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Nick Hay
nickhayuk
Jul 2, 2009 10:39 am
Jon - a query about Wiki protocol. Is it OK to put reviews written for the Wiki on our own personal pages? (I'm just in the process of setting up my own...
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Michael E. Grost
nzkpzq
Jul 2, 2009 11:00 am
Clyde B. Clason's "Poison Jasmine" (1940) involves murder among perfume manufacturers. While other Clason mysteries are set among art collectors, Poison...
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miketooney49
Jul 2, 2009 2:26 pm
http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=1252...
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luis molina
lrmolina47
Jul 2, 2009 7:00 pm
on september 1, in amazon ... From: billvw221 <billvw@...> Subject: [GAdetection] Rivals of Sherlock Holmes To: GAdetection@yahoogroups.com Date:...
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Jon
jonpjermey
Jul 2, 2009 7:19 pm
Hi Nick, I have no problem with this - in fact I have done it with some of my own. Regards, Jon....
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Jon
jonpjermey
Jul 2, 2009 7:33 pm
Let me add that all the Just Men stories are available for free download from: http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-n-z.html#letterW Jon....
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Nick Hay
nickhayuk
Jul 2, 2009 7:41 pm
... Many thanks Jon. Nick....
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r n
rjnov76
Jul 3, 2009 3:05 pm
Hello Nick, I answer to your question. There is a service called firstsearch/worldcat that provide library holdings for items worldwide. The...
Thank you very much. I was looking for old books in French for children (I know this is not the topic of this list but I am also interested in literature for...
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miketooney49
Jul 4, 2009 1:16 am
http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=1257...
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Ronaldo
ref4ust
Jul 4, 2009 10:14 am
This was released in the UK about 2 weeks ago, on the Network label. The US version is from Acornmedia I believe. Just finished watching the whole first series...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran
Jul 4, 2009 10:46 am
Thanks for the links - tantalising seeing those holdings for Bush's Plumley Inheritance and Punshon's Comes a Stranger. "A citizen of the universe, and a...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran
Jul 4, 2009 10:47 am
I read this earlier this year, and thought it was indeed excellent, and lived up to its intentions. Genuine detection, good time-table, and a splendid legal...
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jonpjermey
Jul 5, 2009 5:25 am
At last a publisher has woken up to the hidden treasures in their backlist! Only print copies available so far, and they are a bit pricey, but it's nice to see...
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lechardxavier@...
xavierlechard
Jul 5, 2009 11:40 am
This story was sent to you by: Xavier Lechard ... The French detection ... Why do some publishers release some serial mysteries out of order? The unfortunate...
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LesBlatt@...
lesblatt
Jul 5, 2009 3:21 pm
I agree with Jon. This is one of the most entertaining of the Bony books. And it is the Nullarbor Plain that stars. The book contains some of the best ...
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lewis1574
Jul 5, 2009 4:55 pm
... Jon Pricey is right. Thirteen pounds or so is tough on any book buyer's budget, especially if you wanted to buy all 20 or 25 of them at once. There's one...
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Michael E. Grost
nzkpzq
Jul 6, 2009 2:29 am
Haven't read this - it sounds fascinating. My mother and I watched the BBC TV documentary GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS OF THE WORLD (1980), years ago. One of the...
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Carola
caroladunn
Jul 6, 2009 8:35 am
My UK publishers have bought UK/Commonwealth rights to the first 6 Daisy mysteries, the 17th, and the 18th. They're publishing the first 3, in correct order,...
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Xavier Lechard
xavierlechard
Jul 6, 2009 11:48 pm
A test devised by yours truly. Feedback much appreciated: http://www.gotoquiz.com/how_well_do_you_know_mystery_fiction I'm not sure the questions are aimed to...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran
Jul 7, 2009 12:00 am
Hmm! Only 67%. However, I don't read hard-boiled stuff (Chandler is over-written, and can't plot), and I've never read anything by Donald E. Westlake,...
