100 episodes
Classic Mysteries Les Blatt, 2014
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Short reviews of classic mystery novels and stories that are worth reading and re-reading
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"The Murders Near Mapleton," by Brian Flynn
A local hero is kidnapped, and a shocking murder is only one of many unexpected results. Investigator Anthony Bathurst uncovers the ugly truths that someone is willing to commit murder to hide.
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"The Case of the Seven Sneezes," by Anthony Boucher
A private detective and a small group of survivors from a murderous wedding find themselves trapped with an apparently psychotic killer on a remote island, cut off from the world at large.
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"The Condamine Case," by Moray Dalton
It sounded like the perfect story for a movie - a curse still working after 300 years. A macabre twist to a powerful drama - or simply brutal murder?
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"Murder in Married Life," by Anne Morice
Nice to be newlywed. Not so nice to fight a blackmailer.
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"Death in the Grand Manor," by Anne Morice.
Clever plotting, pointed dialogue and murder - what more could a reader want?
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"The Lost Gallows," by John Dickson Carr
A car driven by a dead man with a cut throat...a lost gallows on a missing London street...John Dickson Carr's second mystery starring Henri Bencolin, "The Lost Gallows," reviewed: