The Saltmarsh Murders (1931) by Gladys Mitchell. An absolutely delightful, waspish parody of village mysteries, most obviously The Murder a...

Something has always confused me about G.D.H. and M. Cole. It's simply this: nobody seems to agree on them. Some people think they autho...

This might or might not be interesting: while most images on this blog are shamelessly sourced from other websites, I always make an effort ...

The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers (1916). Enjoyable enough romantic thriller. Very much of its time -- in fact, very much of an earlier ...

I want, desperately, to like gay detective fiction. But most examples that I've read are just very, very bad. I'm looking forward, i...

October 2017 sees the publication of a brand new book by Ruth Rendell, tantalisingly subtitled ‘Ten and a Quarter New Tales of Murder and M...

Death of an Airman (1935) by Christopher St John Spring. Murder in an amateur flying club. I don't know why I love this novel so much. I...