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writingatlarge.com
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| | | | | Set in 1958 this tightly plotted, precise and polished mystery/detective story is very set in its time. Tokyo Express by Seich? Matsumoto, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is a masterwork of minimalist craftsmanship. No detail is extraneous. No scene could be cut. The setting starts as a thriller more than a murder mystery, but... | |
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thereaderiswarned.wordpress.com
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| | | | | If you have never heard of the name John Dickson Carr before, let me introduce you. Carr was generally regarded as one of the greatest writers in the 'Golden Age' of detective fiction, and is known as the master of the locked room mystery or impossible crime genre. John Dickson Carr, and under his... | |
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goldenageofdetectivefiction.com
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| | | | | Content Warning: Suicide. This book and post will discuss suicide/ suicidal ideation and may not be suitable for all readers. Edith Caroline Rivett was the birth name of British crime writer E. C. R. Lorac. She wrote several crime stories during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and her stalwart Inspector MacDonald is a gem.... | |
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afondnessforreading.com
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| | | In writing The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte was way ahead of her time. It is a book about domestic violence and the struggle of a woman to escape abuse, to become independent, to even possibly support herself and her young son financially. It was written 175 years ago, in a time and culture... | ||
