After my laudatory words on "An Ancient Evil", "Ghostly Murders" rises to the challenge and delivers another solidly-constructed mystery in which the...
< No gentleman ever selects a decent wine.> On the contrary. IIRC, there's a Wimsey story that hinges on his ability to discriminate in a wine-tasting. I don't...
Well, that was fast! "The Fourth Door" practically flew by, and goodness, was it ever worth it! I highly recommend this book to all fellow GADers. It is a...
The last issue has a story by T. S. Stribling and the articles are very good. Everyone in this group should read this publication. Luis [Non-text portions of...
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine reprints a "Mystery Classic" every three months or so, with an introduction by a writer. The story in the current issue is...
Greetings! The latest edition of Criminal History has been updated, with reviews of books by Rhys Bowen (Star Read), Chrisitan Jacq (Ancient), Angus Donald...
Patrick wrote: "Basically, the book is brilliant and it makes me wonder why Millar is so forgotten while Ross Macdonald thrives on... I mean, if this book was ...
Patrick, this is very impressive. I've read your review and LCD's, and while I don't comment directly on reviews, I can say that posting reviews directly on...
<<The latest edition of Criminal History has been updated, with reviews of books by Rhys Bowen (Star Read), Chrisitan Jacq (Ancient), Angus Donald (Medieval),...
I think that it's the old movie dichotomy. MacDonald was filmed in the 1960s and that pushed his books ahead of Millar's titles. Prior to that time, she had...
Here is one of my early Detective Fiction Weekly articles, about Tug Norton the detective, just posted on the Mystery*File blog. Here's a direct link to the...
La Malediction de Barberousse (Redbeard's Curse) is Halter's first book, originally a self-published effort. It has many flaws you'd expect from a first book,...
After far too many reviews of violent contemporary books I have returned to my roots with an bang. Tour De Force by Christianna Brand - an impossible crime...
Another interesting and original impossible crime story by Herbert Resnicow: <http://moonlight-detective.blogspot.com/2011/10/corpse-de-ballet.html> I might...
Ahem. Patrick is a wonderfully generous sort who reserves judgement. ;) Though in all honesty, I've been surprised at the sheer volume of current or recent...
This is Brand at her wickedly clever best, the only top drawer GAD writer capable of penning truly funny lines (much as I admire JDC, I never thought his...
Yeah, it's pretty amazing and a real eye-opener to see how many talented writers broke into a section of the genre that was declared inhabitable and boarded up...
This article by Douglas G. Greene is terrific. It is a very good expert look at the great Anthony Boucher. Congratulations! Mike Grost PS. I get Alfred...
(much as I admire JDC, I never thought his attempts at humour were successful.) Totally agree. I love Carr, but while he was occasionally funny, most of his...
It was originally published as a limited edition of 55 by Editions di Leo. Whether this makes it the first published Halter in the generally understood sense...
