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- What’s New for the 26th of July:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bridges and Paths plus a Troll
Tag Archives: mystery
Ian Strathcarron’s Sherlock Holmes’ A Case of Royal Blackmail
Sherlock Holmes’ A Case of Royal Blackmail is a novel about the great detective by Ian Strathcarron. Serving as a prequel of sorts, the book deals with the romantic affairs frequently conducted by Edward the VII, nicknamed “Bertie.” A new … Continue reading
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Lee Child and Otto Penzler’s The Mysterious Bookshop Presents The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021
Lee Child and Otto Penzler’s The Mysterious Bookshop Presents The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021 is, as the name implies, a collection of excellent mystery stories published in the previous year. With pieces from authors as well known … Continue reading
Ray Bradbury’s Killer Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury’s Killer Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury is a collection that brings together works truly spanning the decades of one man’s career. While relatively limited in genre compared to the overall works of Ray … Continue reading
Joanna Schaffhausen’s Gone For Good
Joanna Schaffhausen’s Gone For Good is a mystery thriller that aims to start a new series centering on a police detective named Annalisa Vega. She is a police detective, whose father was in the business, both based out of Chicago. … Continue reading
Margot Bennett’s The Widow Of Bath
Margot Bennett’s The Widow of Bath is one of a series of mysteries long out of print brought back in the British Library Crime Classics line. A celebrated author in her time, this revival for Bennett seems well earned at … Continue reading
Arnaldur Indridason’s The Darkness Knows
Arnaldur Indridason’s The Darkness Knows is a fascinating example of the Icelandic detective story. Starring a retired police detective named Konrad, an old man with unsolved cases under his belt and a fractured history, this volume by it’s very nature … Continue reading
Marie Belloc Lowndes’ The Chianti Flask
This is a most enjoyable little story featuring the agony of a murder trial and the bizzare nature of what can often follow. This is a wonderful twisting mystery that deserves more attention than it currently gets. Although as in … Continue reading
Stephen Spotswood’s Fortune Favors the Dead
Stephen Spotswood’s Fortune Favors the Dead is a wonderful bit of throwback fiction, featuring a pair of detectives solving mysteries while sharing a home. It is hardly a new formula, yet works very well. The case here deals with a … Continue reading
Lindsey Davis’ A Comedy of Terrors
Lindsey Davis’ A Comedy of Terrors is the latest in her Flavia Alba series. Featuring a series of business related crimes and murders, often centering upon nuts. This is an amusing setup, but the story takes itself as seriously as … Continue reading
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P.J. Tracy’s Deep Into the Dark
Deep Into the Dark is P.J. Tracy’s first volume in a new series following LAPD detective Margaret Nolan. It is more on the thriller side of the equation than the traditional mystery, with a quick moving plot and a cast … Continue reading
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Tagged mystery, police procedural, thriller
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