Classic mysteries

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• "If the Shroud Fits"

  
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  Our review this week on the Classic Mysteries podcast is a screwball comedy with a murderous plot - or should it be a murder mystery with a touch of screwball comedy? Whatever. Its " If the Shroud Fits ," by the husband-and-wife writing team known as Kelley Roos. You can listen to the full review here . Dating from ...
  11 hours ago

• Merry Happy

  
  LB's Rambles — Authority: 123
  I subscribe to a great many mail lists and newsletters dealing with various facets of communication - journalism, PR, advertising, marketing. A surprising number of them share one feature at this time of year: they shut down. Most have sent around notes today saying theyll be back after Christmas - some wont be back ...
  5 days ago

• "Murder for Christmas"

  
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  How appropriate: our book reviewed on this weeks Classic Mysteries podcast comes with its own alias. The book is Agatha Christies "Murder for Christmas," which also goes by the title " Hercule Poirots Christmas ." Its a perfect confection for Christmas: a country house party murder, a locked room, fascinating ...
  1 week ago

• "Who Killed the Curate?"

  
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  Now THEREs a good, old-fashioned, English-Golden-Age style title for you. And its a Christmas mystery to boot - the murder takes place on Christmas Eve. But theres more in " Who Killed the Curate? ," by Joan Coggin, our book reviewed this week on the Classic Mysteries podcast - you can hear the full review here . ...
  2 weeks ago

• "The Journeying Boy"

  
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  Sometimes a mystery reader cant make up his/her mind between a classic puzzle mystery or a good thriller. So heres a good compromise, containing both kinds of mystery in a single novel: " The Journeying Boy ," by Michael Innes. Its our book reviewed this week on the Classic Mysteries podcast, and you can listen to ...
  3 weeks ago

• "13 to the Gallows"

  
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  The subject of this weeks podcast review on our "Classic Mysteries" podcast is a collection of four plays written by John Dickson Carr, the acknowledged master of the impossible crime story. The plays collected in " 13 to the Gallows " surely must have baffled and pleased theater audiences when originally produced in ...
  4 weeks ago

• "The Continental Op"

  
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  On our Classic Mysteries podcast this week, youll find a review of a series of short stories by Dashiell Hammett, featuring his detective, " The Continental Op ." This detective without a name prowls the streets of San Francisco in the 1920s. The op - short for operative - is the epitome of a Hammett private eye - ...
  5 weeks ago

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