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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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mysteriesahoy.com
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| | | | | I had been envious of all of my friends based in Britain who were able to get access to The Honjin Murders when it was released there several months ago. Those of us who are Stateside had to wait several months for its US publication date, only adding to my anticipation, as did the recent... | |
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tangledyarnsblog.wordpress.com
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| | | | | (Trans. Louise Heal Kawai. Originally published as Honjin satsujin jiken.) If I have any regrets so far in my journey through detective fiction, it is that I have mostly neglected the shin honkaku school of Japanese mystery writing even though I know from what little I've read of it that it is completely up my... | |
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goldenageofdetectivefiction.com
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| | | Victoria Lamartine is accused of killing Major Thoseby in this post-World War II thriller, and the book toggles between her trial and Nap Lombard's investigation, which is hoping to bring before the court a piece of evidence that will prove her innocence. The prosecution contends that Lamartine lured Major Thoseby to the small hotel where... | ||
