Review: Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
Trust No One. Sir Stafford Nye, a minor diplomat, encounters an irresistible call to adventure on a routine business trip....
Why Sudoku is the Perfect Puzzle for Mystery Lovers
Confession time: I’m an addict. Every morning, I have to scratch my mental itch. My coffee doesn’t taste right and...
The Power of Place in the Fictive Dream
Mottley & Baker’s second adventure, Mister Mottley and the Dying Fall is set in October of 1932, six months after...
Review: Death of a Ghost
Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham My rating: 5 of 5 stars This golden-age classic is the literary equivalent...
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Hercule Poirot’s Tisanes
Along with Sirop de Cassis, cocoa at breakfast, and other drinks considered by Hastings to be “noxious”, Hercule Poirot is...
Review: The Return of Mr. Campion (Uncollected Stories)
After Margery Allingham’s death in 1966, Agatha Christie lauded her fellow writer: How sad it is that there are not...
The Deadly Sins of Mystery Authors
The Golden Age writers toyed with various sets of rules of “fair play.” The oath of the famous “Detection Club,”...
