Category Archives: Old Author October

Seeing Is Believing by Carter Dickson aka John Dickson Carr

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

A simple experiment in hypnotism to prove that you cannot make someone act against their nature. A woman is hypnotised and given a gun that she believes is real and asked to kill her husband. As expected, Vicky Fane cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in Carter Dickson, Challenges, John Dickson Carr, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Old Author October, Sir Henry Merrivale | 13 Comments

The Seven Wonders of Crime by Paul Halter

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

A lighthouse keeper is found burned to death inside his locked lighthouse. A man is shot dead from a crossbow bolt, fired apparently from the sky. Each time, the police receive a cryptic warning, unfortunately too cryptic to be understood … Continue reading →

Posted in Kindle, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Old Author October, Owen Burns, Paul Halter | 8 Comments

Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

Old Author October continues with one of the oldest authors, for me, namely Dame Agatha Christie, the author who may not have introduced me to the detective novel, but certainly the author who convinced me to stay. And one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Old Author October | 8 Comments

The Four of Hearts by Ellery Queen

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

Once upon a time, there was a little blog that set out for itself a challenge – to present a complete bibliography of reviews of the works of Ellery Queen. Despite a plug in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Bibliography, Ellery Queen, Old Author October | 9 Comments

Valley Of The Shadow by Peter Tremayne

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

7th Century Ireland, and Sister Fidelma –religieuse, advocate of the law and sister to the king of Cashel – is sent to the settlement of Gleann Geis, situated in a near-inaccessible valley to discuss with the chieftain, Laisre, the establishment … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Old Author October, Peter Tremayne, Sister Fidelma | 5 Comments

The Gallows Murders by Paul Doherty

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

The summer of 1523, and London is ravaged by sickness. As Roger Shallot expands his career into the dubious medicine business, King Henry VIII retires to Windsor, only to begin receiving threatening demands. Letters have been received questioning Henry’s right … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction Challenge, Historical Mysteries, Kindle, Michael Clynes, Old Author October, Paul Doherty, Roger Shallot | 5 Comments

A Painted Doom by Kate Ellis

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

When a teenager discovers an horrific painting in a medieval barn, the interest is piqued of local archaeologist Neil Watson. But soon the dead body of sixties pop idol Jonny Shellmer turns up in a nearby field and the teenager … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Mysteries, Kate Ellis, Old Author October, Wesley Peterson | 10 Comments

The Treason Of The Ghosts by Paul Doherty

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

Five years previously, the village of Melford was plagued by a terrible killer, violating and murdering a string of young women. Sir Roger Chapeleys was tried, convicted and executed of the crimes and peace reigned once more… for a while. … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Mysteries, Paul Doherty, Hugh Corbett, Historical Fiction Challenge, Kindle, Old Author October | 6 Comments

The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

A unidentified body is found floating in a lake near Bath. Enter Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond, newly moved to Bath following an inquiry (in which he was exonerated) for misconduct during an interrogation at the Met. Diamond is a traditional … Continue reading →

Posted in Old Author October, Peter Diamond, Peter Lovesey | 15 Comments