Classic Mysteries

Les Blatt, 2014
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Short reviews of classic mystery novels and stories that are worth reading and re-reading

  1. 05/25/2021

    "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.

    4 min

  2. 05/03/2021

    "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.

    5 min

  3. 04/27/2021

    "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?

    5 min

  4. 04/19/2021

    "Murder in Married Life," by Anne Morice

    Classic Mysteries

    5 min

  5. 04/12/2021

    "Death in the Grand Manor," by Anne Morice.

    Clever plotting, pointed dialogue and murder - what more could a reader want?

    4 min

  6. 04/05/2021

    "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:

    7 min

  7. 03/28/2021

    "Tuesday the Rabbi Took Off," by Harry Kemelman

    Rabbi Small needed a break in his routine. An international bombing incident wasn't what he had in mind.

    5 min

  8. 03/22/2021

    "The Case of Sir Adam Braid," by Molly Thynne

    Nearly everyone in his family hated Sir Adam Braid. Only the old man's granddaughter loved him - and the old miser was cutting her out of his will. A motive for murder? Or did someone else hate him enough to kill him? "The Case of Sir Adam Braid," A Golden Age classic by Molly Thynne, reviewed.

    4 min
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Short reviews of classic mystery novels and stories that are worth reading and re-reading

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  • Creator
    Les Blatt, 2014
  • Years Active
    2007 - 2021
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
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    ©Les Blatt, 2019
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