Monthly Archives: January 2013

The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book of the Month – January 2013

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

Ah, the Puzzly. Could it really have been a whole year since it started? Actually no, I did the first two months of last year in hindsight, but it has been a good way of summarising the stuff that I’ve … Continue reading →

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Doc On The Box – Father Brown Episodes 8 to 10

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

Believe it or not, I’ve been so busy actually reading those book things that I’d almost forgotten to post my opinions of the last three episodes of the BBC’s latest adaptation of Father Brown, starring Mark Williams. The opening episode … Continue reading →

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Death Comes As The End by Agatha Christie

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Next in “Original Sins” – an exploration of murder mysteries set in the Ancient World – we come to the original “Original Sin”. Written in 1945, and set in 2000 BC, Egypt, Death Comes As The End is Dame Agatha … Continue reading →

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The Revenge of “The House In Goblin Wood”

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Yes, it’s back. The strange case of Carter Dickson’s fantastic short story The House In Goblin Wood. Or, more accurately, the fact that I seem to get periodic spikes of interest in that post. Below is a graph of the … Continue reading →

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The Skeleton Room by Kate Ellis

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

When two workers are busy converting Chadleigh Hall, a old girls’ school, into a luxury hotel, they break into a sealed room, only to reveal a skeleton. DI Wesley Peterson and his team investigate, their interest heightened when they discover … Continue reading →

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Now You See Me by S J Bolton

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

London, present day. DC Lacey Flint has an obsession with the long-unsolved mystery of Jack the Ripper, but has yet to be involved in a murder case. But when a dying woman accosts her in the street, she is engulfed … Continue reading →

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Doc On The Box – Father Brown Episodes 5 to 7

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

And so the journey through the BBC’s new “adaptation” of some of the Father Brown stories continues – see here and here for previous instalments. We’re running out now of the episode’s based on actual short stories – we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Father Brown, Film and TV | 11 Comments

The House of Death by Paul Doherty

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Inevitably, my “Original Sins” strand of reviews comes around to Paul Doherty. There are three series that qualify – the Ancient Egypt mysteries featuring Judge Amerotke, the Ancient Rome mysteries featuring Claudia and this series, featuring everyone’s favourite Macedonian, Alexander … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander the Great, Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Original Sins, Paul Doherty | 4 Comments

Doc On The Box – Father Brown – Episodes 2 to 4

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

After the discussion generated by my first post on the new BBC Father Brown series, I thought I’d have a look at the remaining episodes, alongside their source material, in chunks of three (because there are nine left to look … Continue reading →

Posted in Father Brown, Film and TV | 21 Comments

Murder In The Maze by J J Connington

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

Whistlefield is a picturesque country house, with a lovely hedge maze in the garden. It’s a special maze, as it has two centres – open areas where the twin brothers, Roger and Neville Shandon sometimes go for a bit of … Continue reading →

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