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What do readers say about Artists in Crime?
golden age mystery period police procedural golden age murder mystery lovely old fashionedA model is murdered in this “first-rate” detective story by the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master (Kirkus Reviews). On a ship traveling back to England, Miss Agatha Troy finds Inspector Roderick Alleyn tedious and dull; he thinks she’s a bohemi... More details on Artists in Crime
Alleyn leant over the deck-rail, looking at the wet brown wharf and the upturned faces of the people. In a minute or two now they would slide away, lose significance, and become a vague memory. "We ca...
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What do readers say about Hide My Eyes?
good and scary a not-very-suspenseful suspense novel rounded, real, believable characters one of allingham's bestIn Hide My Eyes, private detective Albert Campion finds himself hunting down a serial killer in London's theatreland.
A spate of murders leaves him with only two baffling clues: a left-hand glove and a lizard-skin letter-case. These minimal clues and... More details on Hide My Eyes
THE ARRIVAL OF the ’bus was timed to perfection. Nobody of the slightest importance saw it at all. Traffic was slack, the theatres were only halfway through the evening performances, and no police wer...
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What do readers say about The Crime at Black Dudley?
an ancient family ritual classic british mystery pure, unadulterated hokum country house mysteriesGeorge Abbershaw is set for a social weekend at Black Dudley manor, hosted by Wyatt Petrie and his elderly uncle Colonel Combe, who enjoys the company of Bright Young Things. With Meggie Oliphant in attendance, George looks forward to the chance of g... More details on The Crime at Black Dudley
The grey-green stretches were hayed once a year, perhaps, but otherwise uncropped save by the herd of heavy-shouldered black cattle who wandered about them, their huge forms immense and grotesque in t...
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What do readers say about Whose Body??
sir reuben levy parody of edwardian comedy an interesting mystery confusing and wordyFrom Dorothy L. Sayers, "one of the greatest mystery story writers of the [twentieth] century" (Los Angeles Times), the first mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.
A corpse has been found in the bath of an architect's flat, wearing nothing but a pair... More details on Whose Body?
‘I’m afraid it’s an awkward place to turn in,’ said Lord Peter, answering the thought rather than the words. His long, amiable face looked as if it had generated spontaneously from his top hat, as whi...
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What do readers say about Death in a White Tie?
golden age mystery an old fashioned mystery prose is wonderful debs and gelsThe Social Event of the Season Has Death on Its Guest List
No one is more popular on London's champagne-and-caviar that charming Lord Gospell. However, on the morning after the year's most glittering ball, someone finds a reason to asphyxiate "Bunchy... More details on Death in a White Tie
‘I think perhaps I have. I have told George and Grace that I will bring Sarah out this coming season. Here is a letter from George and here is another from Grace. Government House, Suva. They think it...
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What do readers say about Tied Up in Tinsel?
traditional country-house murder mystery country estate drama a locked room mystery yuletide mysteryA murder committed at Halberds Manor brings Superintendent Roderick Alleyn to this old English house staffed by ex-convicts... More details on Tied Up in Tinsel
‘Thank you. When I so describe his activities I do not indulge in facezia. He went into partnership in a rag-and-bone way with my Uncle Bert Smith, who was already equipped with a horse and cart and t...
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What do readers say about Strong Poison?
golden age mystery lots of well-drawn characters very well plotted entertaining characters and witThe classic mystery that first featured Harriet Vane, companion sleuth to the dashing, perennially popular private investigator, Lord Peter Wimsey, from the mystery writer widely considered the greatest mystery novelist of the Golden Age-Dorothy L. S... More details on Strong Poison
The judge was an old man; so old, he seemed to have outlived time and change and death. His parrot-face and parrot-voice were dry, like his old, heavily-veined hands. His scarlet robe clashed harshly ...
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What do readers say about The Secret Adversary?
overblown espionage plot over-the-top british way mildly reactionary viewpoint post ww1 mysterySet in 1919, young couple Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley form a partnership, hiring themselves out as ''young adventurers''. Their first case, however, is more of an adventure than they expect - working to find documents that, if they were known... More details on The Secret Adversary
The two young people greeted each other affectionately, and momentarily blocked the Dover Street Tube exit in doing so. The adjective “old” was misleading. Their united ages would certainly not have t...
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What do readers say about Grey Mask?
classic english upper class a very good mystery the characters were realistic the plot is passableFurious at being jilted at the altar by Margaret Langton, Charles Moray left England behind him. Four years later he returns only to discover that a criminal gang has been using his house to plan a vicious crime. The target is the beautiful Margot St... More details on Grey Mask
His voice was so drily polite that Charles Moray could not fail to be aware that in the eyes of his solicitor four years absence, and a consequent neglect of all the business arising out of his father...
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What do readers say about The Chinese Shawl?
a wentworth mystery a country house mystery easy read, enjoyable a decent mysteryTanis Lyle was one of those passionate women who always get their own way. Her cousin Laura hated her. Most women did. But men found her irresistible and she used them mercilessly.
So when Tanis was found murdered there seemed to be any number of s... More details on The Chinese Shawl
LAURA FANE CAME UP to London in the third week in January. A little earlier or a little later, and things might have happened differently for her, and for Tanis Lyle, and for Carey Desborough, and for...
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