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Tag Archives: English mystery
Charles Todd’s The Cliff’s Edge
Charles Todd’s The Cliff’s Edge is the latest in his Bess Crawford series. With the same solitary nurse experienced in the worst of bloodshed as the lead, readers can slip firmly into the volume and have no expectation about going … Continue reading
John Ferguson’s Death of Mr. Dodsley
John Ferguson’s Death of Mr. Dodsley, a London Bibliomystery, is the latest in the British Library Crime Classics series. A relatively forgotten figure in mystery fiction, Ferguson produced just under a half dozen books featuring crime reporter Francis McNab and … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged English mystery, mystery
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Poirot’s Christmas
Ahhhh, an English locked room mystery set at Christmastime! What could be a better diversion on a cold winters night with snow falling outside? I had heard that this DVD was a perfectly faithful adaptation of a beloved Agatha Christie … Continue reading
The Weaver and The Factory Maid (first chapter)
Unite and unite and let us all unite For summer is a-coming today. (from “Padstow Mayday”) On a bright Saturday afternoon in Cornwall, the Padstow Mayday Celebration was in full swing. The musical part of the annual festivities had begun … Continue reading
Posted in Words
Tagged English mystery, ghost story
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Doctor Who’s The Unicorn and The Wasp
If you haven’t seen this episode, go away now. Really. Truly. Everything that follows is spoilers in the extreme. One of my favourites of the newer episodes of this series is a country house mystery featuring a number of murders and, … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Agatha Christie, Doctor Who, English mystery, manor house mystery, science fiction
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Christopher Fowler’s Full Dark House
Christopher Fowler’s Full Dark House is the best mystery set during the London Blitz of the early 1940s that I’ve ever read, bar none. It is also the best mystery set within the very peculiar world of the theater that … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Christopher Fowler, English mystery, English theatre, London, Second World War, The Blitz
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