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A few stories into Agora Books ' 2019 reprint of The Allingham Minibus , I realized I had read this collection before, although the rather cute title was new...
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Blog - Jason Half - JASON HALF : writer
Cecil John Charles Street is far better known to classic detective fiction readers for his many enjoyable mysteries published under his pseudonyms John Rhode...
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Blog - Jason Half - JASON HALF : writer
The most celebrated of Michael Gilbert's mysteries, and deservedly so, 1950's Smallbone Deceased offers a wonderful ant's-nest look into a firm of solicitors...
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Blog - Jason Half - JASON HALF : writer
Is it fair to judge a novelist based on a set of short stories? The immediate answer is, of course, yes: successful short fiction requires many of the elements...
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Blog - Jason Half - JASON HALF : writer
Welcome to the final reading group post of 1952’s The Echoing Strangers , where the final five chapters are summarized and discussed. Apologies for the belated...
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Blog - Jason Half - JASON HALF : writer
Perhaps better known by its American title Murder at Cambridge , 1933’s Murder at the ‘Varsity is the third mystery novel to be published under the Q. Patrick...
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Blog - Jason Half - JASON HALF : writer
Before I discuss the Mitchell Mystery Reading Group event that is right around the corner, allow me two selfish paragraphs to explain and complain about the...
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Blog - Jason Half - JASON HALF : writer
Understandably, the end of the year and the beginning of the next found many of us busy juggling family, work, and life (usually all at once). This was the...
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Blog - Jason Half - JASON HALF : writer
Cecil John Charles Street is far better known to classic detective fiction readers for his many enjoyable mysteries published under his pseudonyms John Rhode...
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