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| | The 1940s were as much an opening door as they were a closing one as far as classical detection is concerned. Mysteries in the ilk of Agatha Christie's puzzlers and John Dickson Carr's miracle murders were slowly falling out of vogue. Save for a few writers who persisted in the craft, the old-school whodunit was...
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| | My Book Club decided to read John Dickson Carr last month - one of his best, I must say - but since I had just re-read it a mere - oh, wait, has it been six years already?!? - I decided to return to my long-standing series, A Carter Dickson Celebration. Since it has beenalmost...
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| | Back to another Carr. This one is from his early years and the first novel to feature one of Carr's titanic series detectives Dr Gideon Fell. Hags Nook concerns the terrors of Chatterham Prison, or rather it's ruins, that stand on the site of the Starberth family home. The Starberths have the history of being...
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| In 2023, I posted a weekly feature called "Stacking the Shelves," where I reviewed what I bought, borrowed from the library, or was gifted. It often generated an excellent discussion with readers about what everyone was reading and currently adding to their shelves, which I would like to continue. Still, I found buying things weekly...