Category Archives: Top Fives

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

Top Five of the First Fifty

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Well, well, well. Since starting the blog, I’ve read and reviewed 50 books. I think it’s safe to say that my reader’s block seems to have been overcome. So, without further ado, I think it’s time to look at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ariana Franklin, Carter Dickson, Domingo Villar, Edward Marston, Ellery Queen, General, Hake Talbot, John Dickson Carr, Nev Fountain, Nicholas Blake, Paul Doherty, Peter Lovesey, Simon Brett, Top Fives | 6 Comments

My Favourite Mysteries – Part Two

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

For those who want a more European flavour, Mrs Peabody has presented her list of Top Five Nordic Crime. In the meantime, here is the rest of mine. I’ve thought about how to talk about the mysterious number 8 (see … Continue reading →

Posted in Ellery Queen, Inspector Banks, Jasper Fforde, Mark Billingham, Mervyn Stone, Nev Fountain, Peter Robinson, Science Fiction, Terry Pratchett, Tom Thorne, Top Fives | 4 Comments

My Favourite Mysteries – Part One

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

There are a few “Top Twenty” mystery lists floating round at the moment, but I’m not going to try for twenty. I have a habit of finding an author that I like and sticking to them like glue until I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Carter Dickson, Ellery Queen, Gideon Fell, Hercule Poirot, Jeffery Deaver, John Dickson Carr, Katherine Dance, Lincoln Rhyme, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Miss Marple, Sir Henry Merrivale, Top Fives | 11 Comments

John Dickson Carr Top Five – Non-series

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

And so on to the non-Gideon Fell John Dickson Carr books. I’ll add a quick proviso here – I haven’t read everything in this category – the primary books that are missing from my reading here are The Devil in … Continue reading →

Posted in Carter Dickson, John Dickson Carr, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Short Stories, Top Fives | 6 Comments

John Dickson Carr Top Five – Gideon Fell

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

The majority of Carr’s work was published under his own name, including all of the Gideon Fell novels. Not everything is an impossible mystery – there is some period swashbuckling in his back catalogue as well, so if you’re on … Continue reading →

Posted in Carter Dickson, Gideon Fell, John Dickson Carr, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Top Fives | 10 Comments

Carter Dickson Top Five (Sir Henry Merrivale)

Posted on January 1, 2011 by

There’s been a bit of discussion on the Big Finish message board about the potential to adapt John Dickson Carr/Carter Dickson’s work, so I thought it would be nice to do a couple of top fives, one for each “author”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Carter Dickson, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Short Stories, Sir Henry Merrivale, Top Fives | 12 Comments

Miss Marple Top Five

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

This one’s a bit harder than Poirot because, believe it or not, Agatha Christie only wrote twelve novels featuring her little old lady sleuth. However, for good reason, they remain some of her most popular books. They are all very … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, Top Fives | 9 Comments

Hercule Poirot Top Five

Posted on December 27, 2010 by

After making a mention of Hercule Poirot’s Christmas a couple of posts back, it occurred to me that it’ll be a while before I get round to any of the Belgian detective’s exploits. So, given that he and Miss Marple … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot, Top Fives | 33 Comments