Back at the start of 2020, I decided to give the British Crime Classics Challenge a go. My aim was small, to read one British Crime Classic each month, to give my library trips some sort of goal. Normally I just wander around until something takes my fancy. Of course, then 2020 happened and the… Continue reading British Crime Classics Challenge Round-Up
Tag: murder mysteries
British Crime Classics Challenge Update: The Good and the Bad
Sometimes, you read a long-forgotten book and you wonder how it could ever be ignored. And then you read others and wonder why they were rescued. Here, I have an example of each. Guess which is which. The Strange Case of Harriet Hall by Dalton Moray Invited to visit an aunt she had only just… Continue reading British Crime Classics Challenge Update: The Good and the Bad
British Crime Classics Challenge Update
Having come to the end of the unread murder mysteries on my shelves, and with the library still not reopened, these two reads were found via Amazon Kindle, for a very reasonable price. I’m lining up some others, though the library has now reopened (huzzah!). The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson Murder in the… Continue reading British Crime Classics Challenge Update
Recently Read: From the Cotswolds, to Botswana, to London
My recent reflections on the last year of my blog have led to me looking forwards to the next year, and how I want to continue. Part of this is due to needing to reorganise posts due to increasing the weekly number, but also because otherwise I shall become bored again and have a little… Continue reading Recently Read: From the Cotswolds, to Botswana, to London
Reading Lists: June 2020
I've been reading a lot of detective fiction recently. Some for the Classic Crime Challenge, and some because the challenge has reminded me how much I enjoy a good murder mystery. I probably read Agatha Christies before it, but the first murder mystery I remember reading was Strong Poison, by Dorothy L. Sayers, wherein Peter Wimsey… Continue reading Reading Lists: June 2020
Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
At the start of the year, I decided to take up the Crime Classics Reading Challenge, with the aim of reading at least one new Golden Age crime classic each month. Mostly, this is so I have something specific to look for when I wander through the library, but in my clearing out of the… Continue reading Books: Crime Classics Challenge Update
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