Sunday, May 28, 2017

John Ferguson's Death Comes to Perigord

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John Ferguson (1871-1952) was a Scottish clergyman who enjoyed success as a playwright and as an author of mystery thrillers. His mysteri...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Leigh Brackett’s Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories, review part one

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Leigh Brackett (1915-1978) was one of the more notable practitioners in the popular pulp genre of sword and planet stories. The sword and...
Monday, May 15, 2017

The Missing Money-Lender by W. Stanley Sykes

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W. Stanley Sykes (1894-1961) was an English doctor who wrote a handful of detective novels in the early 30s. The Missing Money-Lender (a...
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Sunday, May 7, 2017

Arthur C. Clarke's A Fall of Moondust

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A Fall of Moondust was published in 1961 at a time when its author, Arthur C. Clarke, was at the peak of his powers as a science ficti...
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Sunday, April 30, 2017

Arthur W. Upfield’s Mr Jelly's Business

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Mr Jelly's Business (also published as Murder Down Under ) was a fairly early entry in Arthur W. Upfield’s cycle of mysteries featur...
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Friday, April 21, 2017

Dennis Wheatley's They Found Atlantis

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Dennis Wheatley was most famous for his “Black Magic” occult thrillers but these were only a small part of his very large output. Wheatle...
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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Victor L. Whitechurch’s Murder at the Pageant

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A village pageant, a stolen pearl necklace and a body in an antique sedan chair are the main ingredients in Victor L. Whitechurch’s enjoy...