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the invisible event classic detective fiction and impossible crimes the invisible event classic detective fiction and impossible crimes menu skip to content home adventures in self publishing alfred hitchcock and the three investigators in gad we trust podcast index of authors index of authors a to c index of authors d to l index of authors m to z about me search search for 1447 this is like doing things in books and i hate the way they do things in books the clue of the silver key 1930 by edgar wallace may 2 2026 may 1 2026 jj 7 comments when i first started looking into the work of richard horatio edgar wallace beyond the four just men 1905 i was a little overwhelmed by the possibilities this is a man who we re told wrote over 170 books so where does one begin to explore such a corpus continue reading 1446 death in high heels 1941 by christianna brand april 30 2026 april 28 2026 jj leave a comment having recently looked at the debut from one legend in the annals of mystery fiction let s turn our attention to another death in high heels 1941 the first novel from christianna brand recently republished in the excellent british library crime classics range so that incredibly fully seven of her novels are now readily available and once again we find a genre great on apprentice form with this story of murder in a fashionable dressmakers running too long and rather lacking in incident brand would have to learn her trade somewhere however and there are encouraging signs here of the force she would become continue reading 1445 going home the vanished man 2003 by jeffery deaver april 28 2026 april 27 2026 jj 3 comments one final visit for this month to the reading of my past as i revisit the crime and thriller novels which paved the way into the golden age obsession that fills my every waking moment continue reading 1444 i take people who are in trouble and i try to get them out of trouble the case of the velvet claws 1933 by erle stanley gardner april 25 2026 april 24 2026 jj 10 comments there are certain characters that it seems impossible were once not a part of popular culture superman say or james bond or miss marple with a mystery bias to my reading it seems incredible that most of queen victoria s reign passed sans sherlock holmes and with over 80 books and countless hours of television devoted to him how could there something so prosaic as a beginning for perry mason continue reading 1443 roger sheringham and the vane mystery a k a the mystery at lovers cave 1927 by anthony berkeley april 23 2026 april 18 2026 jj 5 comments it s often the case that a line can be drawn in an author s body of work past which they notably change usually for the better john dickson carr after poison in jest 1932 say it is however rare that such a line passes through one of their works as it does for anthony berkeley in roger sheringham and the vane mystery 1927 prior to this berkeley had written the layton court mystery 1925 and the wychford poisoning case 1926 which innovated in this newfangled gadisphere but seemed interesting if minor and are not readily discussed a century later and after it came the likes of the poisoned chocolates case 1929 and not to be taken 1938 reprints of which were greeted with no small delight in recent years continue reading 1442 going home false memory 1999 by dean koontz april 21 2026 april 20 2026 jj leave a comment i was quite excited to return to this week s going home book since it feeds into a key part of what i ve come to enjoy about classic mystery and detective fiction continue reading 1441 a little help for my friends finding a modern locked room mystery for tomcat attempt 32 the secret room 2025 by jane casey april 18 2026 april 12 2026 jj 18 comments another modern novel which sounds like it might have an impossible crime at its core sufficient reason for me to grab a copy from the library dear boy i m not made of money and see if it s worthy of tomcat s attention i get no enjoyment from this whatsoever you understand and i do it for free continue reading 1440 jack on the gallows tree 1960 by leo bruce april 16 2026 april 14 2026 jj 6 comments recovering from a bout of jaundice history master carolus deene is sent by his headmaster to sleepy buddington famous for its population of rich and aged invalids and the fact that t here alone in all england the bath chair survives as more than a relic there it is hoped that deene will refrain from jeopardizing the fair name of the queen s school by embroiling him self in detective work of a nature likely to result in unfortunate publicity alas immediately prior to his arrival two elderly women are found strangled to death on the same night the arrangement of their bodies suggesting some link and deene s reputation precedes him to the point that he finds himself investigating almost against his will continue reading 1439 going home the concrete blonde 1994 by michael connelly april 14 2026 april 15 2026 jj leave a comment another crime novel from my early 2000s reading that put me on the path to classic detection and hence this blog continue reading 1438 it s a situation that might stimulate any writer s imagination murder by the book mysteries for bibliophiles ss 2021 ed martin edwards april 11 2026 april 10 2026 jj 6 comments another collection from the british library crime classics range edited by detection club president martin edwards this time focussing on mysteries based around books what s not to love continue reading posts navigation older posts reviews every thursday next up why didn t they ask evans search for enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign me up posts i like tags a a fair academy chicago publishers agatha christie alfred walter stewart amateur detective american mystery classics anthony berkeley anthony boucher anthony horowitz armchair detective arthur conan doyle arthur porges british library crime classics bruce 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