Verdict of Twelve (1940) by Raymond Postgate . An excellent psychological mystery, with two strands: the puzzle of a child's murder, and...

One problem with neoliberalism is that it seeks to combine two largely incompatible things: human empathy and satisfaction with the status ...

A few years ago, I was doing some private research in estates and came across a title that was wholly unfamiliar to me:  Double Death  (1...

As you may know,  I don’t tend to enjoy gay detective fiction . I find the wish-fulfilment, the nostalgia, the cliquiness, and the attempts...

I regret having listened to this as an audiobook, as I wish I’d noted down some of the one-liners, and I’d love to have a copy I can keep a...

Poirot Investigates (1924) by Agatha Christie. It's been said that Arthur Conan Doyle should have stuck to writing short stories and Aga...

Patricia Highsmith (1921-95) would not like being featured on this blog, as she strongly resented the label 'crime writer', and, if ...