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Hullo there; been reading your blog for well over a year now and can say that anything you like, I like too. I retired last year and so am reading very much more. You have introduced to me a lot of authors whom I never knew about, and like. A writer I have liked since age 20 is Crispin; he is called Edmund (though it wasn't his real name anyway). Best wishes, Jon.
From the Vault: "The Golden Dagger"
My trip into the Classic Mysteries vault this week has brought back a thoroughly likeable and capable detective, Scotland Yard Commander Bobby Owen. He was the series detective created by Ernest Robertson Punshon - E.R. Punshon, a master of intricate and sometimes bizarre plots. He could also cr...
Good morning and happy Christmas. I haven't written to you before but I've followed the blog for over a year, and the things you recommend, I almost always like a lot; you also like things I've liked for years. So I hope you will not take it amiss that, impressed by this review and not having heard of the lady, I attempted to track her down on Kindle, only to find she doesn't exist there. It took me a little while, but I've discovered she is called Elizabeth Lemarchand, and readily and cheaply available on Kindle after all. All the best, Jon.
"Death of an Old Girl"
[Page updated to correct the author's name. D'oh! Thanks to Jon Blake for catching this!] Is it likely that someone would be murdered simply because she - or he - was an intensely irritating person? Well it's something of a rarity in traditional mysteries - there is usually a good solid motive f...
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