Category Archives: Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders

The Case Of The Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

How’s this for a set-up? Dr Suresh Jha is India’s finest myth-buster, having made a career of exposing fake gurus across the country. Despite receiving a prophecy of his own death, he attends his weekly therapeutic Laughing Club. As he … Continue reading →

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Miles Jupp In A Locked Room – Radio 4

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Just a quick post to let my readers know about this documentary on Radio 4. Comedian Miles Jupp discusses the locked room mystery with such luminaries as Mike Ashley, Paul Doherty, Christopher Fowler, Jasper Fforde, Paul Halter, John Pugmire and … Continue reading →

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The Midnight Man by Paul Doherty

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Chaucer’s pilgrims have once again stopped for the night and it’s time for the physician to tell his tale of mystery and murder. Oddly, there’s not a doctor in sight in his tale of Brother Anselm and his novice Stephen … Continue reading →

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The Lord of Misrule by Paul Halter

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

Paul Halter is often referred to as the heir to John Dickson Carr. It’s an obvious title, given both his predilection for impossible crimes and also his (translated) writing style. His books have a genuine Golden Age feel for them … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Owen Burns, Paul Halter | 2 Comments

Quincannon’s Game by Bill Pronzini

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

John Quincannon was a Secret Service agent but has now (well, in the United States in the 1890s) become a private investigator in partnership with Sabina Carpenter, an ex-Pinkerton and the object of his unrequited desire. This book collects three … Continue reading →

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The Devil’s Hunt by Paul Doherty

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

1303, Oxford. The mysterious Bell Man haunts the streets of the University town, posting treasonous notices on church doors. There are tales of devil worship in the woods around the city. Beggars have been found outside the city walls, decapitated, … Continue reading →

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The Grail Murders by Michael Clynes aka Paul Doherty

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

1522, England. Stafford, the Duke of Buckingham is executed for treason by King Henry VIII. He had apparently been searching near Glastonbury for the Holy Grail and Excalibur in order to use them to prove his worth to usurp Henry. … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Michael Clynes, Paul Doherty, Roger Shallot | 4 Comments

A Tournament of Murders by Paul Doherty

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

The pilgrims continue on their journey to Canterbury. While sheltering in a monastery for the night, the Franklin proceeds to tell his tale of murder and terror, inspired in part by the outlaws haunting the forest around them. He tells … Continue reading →

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Hoodwink by Bill Pronzini

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Russell Dancer used to be a great writer of stories for pulp magazines. After he agrees to attend a convention in San Francisco, he receives an odd delivery – a blackmail threat over the plagiarism of a short story called … Continue reading →

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The Dead Room by Herbert Resnicow

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

The testing room for Hamilcar Hi-Fi was soundproof, airtight and monitored at all times. So when Walter Kassel, the elderly inventor or a revolutionary new speaker is found stabbed through the heart inside the chamber, it seems to be an … Continue reading →

Posted in Herbert Resnicow, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders | 10 Comments