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mysteryofmurder.wordpress.com
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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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perfectsatsujinjiken.blogspot.com
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| | | | | Despite several shortcomings, The Noh Mask Murder achieves an odd balance. Consequently, Takagi continues to fascinate as a flawed but evolving writer | |
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ho-lingnojikenbo.blogspot.com
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| | | | | detective fiction, ?????games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations, | |
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jamesscottbyrnside.com
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| | | It doesn't take far into Carr's oeuvre before a reader begins to recognize the signposts. Here's the meet-cute and there's the first brief mention of the curse/legend/myth which will soon be tragically reenacted for our ghoulish pleasure. The foolish authority figure (not quite so foolish this time round), the suspicious relatives, and the blusterous authority... | ||