I remember reading this a few years ago and even more astounding, I vaguely remember having that great feeling of discovery you get when yo...

This is a re-working and lengthening of a post from nine years ago. I might be doing this (re-working older posts) for the next few weeks...

Gil Thompson and Horse in ACTION IN THE AFTERNOON The other day a friend and I were talking ancient television shows and suddenly ACT...

source Since John over at Pretty Sinister Books raves about this particular Brand book and I'd never read it, and since a hard c...

This is the first Miss Withers mystery I've read - or at least that's what memory tells me. Many thanks go out to my good bloggin...

The elegant and oh-so-handsome Superintendent Roderick Alleyn of the C.I.D. is travelling in Rome pretending to be a tourist. He is hot...

The theme for Friday is Forgotten Books, the weekly meme hosted by Patti Abbott at her blog, Pattinase. So don't forget to check ...

I've had a couple of William Marshall's Yellowthread Street books lying around on my shelves for what seems like ages and there...

Heaven, I'm in heaven, And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak. And I seem to find the happiness I seek, When we're out tog...

One of many reasons why I adore Dame Agatha's writing: (The following is an interlude between dead bodies at the English Country es...

Kind of a beat-up old cover, but best I could find online of the cover I actually have . Today it's a combo: SHE SHALL HAVE MURDER is ...

These wonderfully lurid magazine covers are definitely eye-catching. The vintage artwork is bright, splashy and full of over ...

AN ENGLISH MURDER by Cyril Hare This is my first  Cyril Hare murder mystery and it won't be my last. Very straightforward 1951 exa...

Over at PRETTY SINISTER BOOKS ,  a very intriguing vintage (mostly) mystery blog, John has finally taken the Trivia Challenge plunge. AND ...

The brilliant creator of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin was born today in Noblesville, Indiana. As a young man, Rex Stout served in the N...

In 'honor' of Black Friday, the annual ritual shopping frenzy which seems to afflict many otherwise rational Americans, here...