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The "Z" murders
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J. Jefferson Farjeon |
Richard Temperley arrives at Euston station early on a fogbound London morning. He takes refuge in a nearby hotel, along with a disagreeable fellow passenger, who has snored his way through the train… |
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The Piccadilly Murder
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Anthony Berkeley |
Stopping in at the Piccadilly Palace Hotel for a bit of afternoon refreshment, Mr. Ambrose Chitterwick witnesses a chilling scene: an elderly lady dies of poisoning in the midst of a crowded lounge. … |
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It Walks By Night
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John Dickson Carr |
> GAMBLING WITH DEATH
Ten minutes after the Duc de Saligny entered the card room of the elegant Parisian gambling house, the police burst in - and found the Duc's severed head, standing upright on t… |
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The Ginger Cat Mystery
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Robin Forsythe |
>>*The body of John Cornell, the well-known London Merchant and banker, was exhumed early this morning with great secrecy, following representations made to the Home Office.*
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There May Be Danger
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Ianthe Jerrold |
>Amid the danger of World War Two’s London, Kate Mayhew is returning from another hopeless round of the theatrical agents. She is about to take a job in munitions when a poster about a missing child … |
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The Santa Klaus Murder
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Mavis Doriel Hay |
From Crimereads.com: "Originally published in 1936, Mavis Doriel Hay’s The Santa Klaus Murder is generally regarded as the blueprint for the zillions (at a rough estimate) of English manor house Yule… |
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Murder Underground
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Mavis Doriel Hay |
> When Miss Pongleton is found murdered on the stairs of Belsize Park station, her fellow-boarders in the Frampton Hotel are not overwhelmed with grief at the death of a tiresome old woman. But they … |
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Death on the Cherwell
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Mavis Doriel Hay |
For Miss Cordell, principal of Persephone College, there are two great evils in the world: unladylike behavior among her students and bad publicity for the college. This means it's a very, very bad d… |
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Death of an Airman
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Christopher St. John Sprigg |
> *'Bubbles over with zest and vitality... A most ingenious and exciting plot, full of good puzzles and discoveries and worked out among a varied cast of entertaining characters'*
>>-Dorothy L. Saye… |
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Mystery In The Channel
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Freeman Wills Crofts |
> The cross-channel steamer *Chichester* suddenly stopped half way to France. Right in her course lay a yacht, motionless and apparently crewless. A boat was lowered and drew along side the derelict,… |
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Deadly Nightshade
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Elizabeth Daly |
Henry Gamadge, bibliophile and amateur detective, travels to Maine to help investigate a series of poisonings, which at first seem to be accidental.
> New York bibliophile and sleuth Henry Gamadge… |
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Crime at Christmas
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C. H. B. Kitchin |
> A Christmas party in Hampstead is rudely interrupted by violent death. Can the murderer be one of the relatives and intimate friends celebrating the festive season in the great house? The stockbrok… |
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Death of His Uncle
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C. H. B. Kitchin |
> Malcolm Warren, stockbroker and amateur detective, can never resist a mystery. So he soon succumbs when an old Oxford friend with a rather shady reputation begs him to investigate the disappearance… |
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Mystery in White
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J. Jefferson Farjeon |
On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid fo… |
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The poisoned chocolates case
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Anthony Berkeley |
Sir Eustace is a cad of the first water, with a specialty in other men?s wives, and the list of people who might want to do him in could fill a London phone book. But which of them actually sent the … |
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The Division Bell Mystery
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Ellen Cicely Wilkinson |
> Through the double clamour of Big Ben and the shrill sound of the division bell rang a revolver shot. A financier is found shot in the House of Commons. Suspecting foul play, Robert West, a parliam… |
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Portrait of a murderer
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Anthony Gilbert |
Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931.'
Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933 that has be… |
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Thirty days hath September
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George Sessions Perry,Dorothy Cameron Disney |
"Thirty Days Hath September" somewhat resembles "Death in the Back Seat," also available as eBook from Book Revivals Press. In both mysteries, the victim is a visitor from New York City, and both tak… |
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The Desert Lake Mystery
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Kay Cleaver Strahan |
The Desert Lake Mystery, first published in 1936, is a 'golden-age' mystery involving two corpses and two missing bodies. Set in Nevada, the plot revolves around local magnate Adam Oakman and his fam… |
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The Murder of My Aunt
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Richard Hull |
"Edward Powell lives with his Aunt Mildred in the Welsh town of Llwll. His aunt thinks Llwll an idyllic place to live, but Edward loathes the countryside - and thinks the company even worse. In fact,… |
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