Category Archives: General

Medieval Miscreants – A Request For Help

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

My “Original Sins” strand is drawing to a close with one or two more books to come before the end of March and it’s time for my chronological trek through the world to historical mysteries to move to the medieval … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Historical Mysteries | 16 Comments

Some Mysterious Odds and Ends

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

No review today – there will probably be one tomorrow – but there’s a few odds and ends of information that I’d thought I’d share with you all. As ever, feel free to ignore it…

Posted in Ellery Queen, General, Paul Doherty | 5 Comments

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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My Reviewing Resolutions for 2013

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

And so 2012 draws to a close and 2013 beckons. I’m really pleased that my blog is still going strong and that people are still enjoying it. I would like to give a big thank you to all of my … Continue reading →

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My 250th Post – What I Don’t Like In A Mystery

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

250 posts… when I started this blog, about eighteen months ago, I honestly didn’t think I’d get past twenty posts, let alone a quarter-millennium. But, 184 book reviews, several short story reviews and a whole plethora of other stuff – … Continue reading →

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A Milestone Post – 50000 visits and counting…

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Well, I’ve hit 50,000 visits, so I figure that’s cause for a State of the Nation speech – i.e. a bunch of general bits of waffle for new and old readers alike as to what I’m up to with this … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 16 Comments

Support Your Local Bookshop Update

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

Regular readers may recall my ramblings about supporting local bookshops – time for an update. For anyone living in the North-West, particularly in Merseyside, I can heartily recommend Formby Books. Tucked into the back of the card shop Derbyshires, it … Continue reading →

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A Request For Information

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from my time blogging is that a lot of my readers are much more informed about the genre than I am. Anyway, I’ve had a request from a reader, Kurt Keefner, which I’ll reprint … Continue reading →

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100 Book Reviews and Counting… One Year of Blogging

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

Well, that’s the first year of my blog. The primary aim was always a selfish one – to break the reader’s block I had developed over the past few years – and, with The Ice Princess making it one hundred … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Top Fives | 5 Comments

Falsehood In Advertising – Virals by Kathy Reichs

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

The last time that I put a book down after a disappointing first couple of chapters (The Holmes Affair by Graeme Moore), I didn’t post a review of it – after all, I’d only read about 30 pages of it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film and TV, General, Kathy Reichs, Thriller | 7 Comments