Beneath the Stains of Time: Flower O' the Peach (1916) by W.A. Mackenzie

Beneath the Stains of Time: Flower O' the Peach (1916) by W.A. Mackenzie: W.A. Mackenzie was a Scottish poet, journalist, illustrator, editor and writer who served in Belgium, France and Italy during the First Wor...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Snake of Luvercy (1926/27) by Maurice Renard

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Snake of Luvercy (1926/27) by Maurice Renard: John Pugmire passed away in 2024 and his death not only meant the end of Locked Room International , but also ended the steady stream of tr...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Moving House of Foscaldo (1925/26) by Charles Chadwick

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Moving House of Foscaldo (1925/26) by Charles ...: Charles Chadwick was an American author, lawyer, sportsman and a former college athlete, a Yale strongman, who competed in the 1904 Summer O...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Stuff of Legends: C.M.B. vol. 3-4 by Motohiro Katou

Beneath the Stains of Time: Stuff of Legends: C.M.B. vol. 3-4 by Motohiro Katou: Yes, I know, I know. The plan was to have gotten well on the way towards Q.E.D. vol. 50 and the crossover with C.M.B. out of the way, whic...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Footprints on the Ceiling (1939) by Clayton Rawson

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Footprints on the Ceiling (1939) by Clayton Ra...: Recently, I reviewed the last of the unread Great Merlini mysteries that resided on the big pile, namely The Headless Lady (1940), which pr...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Student Body (1958) by Nigel FitzGerald

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Student Body (1958) by Nigel FitzGerald: In the previous blog-post, I looked at Nigel FitzGerald's second of only two impossible crime and locked room mystery novels, Suffer a W...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Pray for the Dawn (1946) by Eric Harding

Beneath the Stains of Time: Pray for the Dawn (1946) by Eric Harding: Eric Harding's Pray for the Dawn (1946) could have been the poster child for obscure, out-of-print and virtually impossible to obtain m...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Illusionist (1970) by Stephen Frances

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Illusionist (1970) by Stephen Frances: Stephen D. Frances was a " South London-born clerk turned journalist turned author " who founded his own publishing company in the...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Scythe of Time: Case Closed, vol. 73 by Gosho ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Scythe of Time: Case Closed, vol. 73 by Gosho ...: The 73rd volume of Gosho Aoyama's long-running Case Closed series, published in Japan and elsewhere as Detective Conan , begins with...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Three Tiers of Fantasy (1947) by Norman Berrow...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Three Tiers of Fantasy (1947) by Norman Berrow...: Norman Berrow was, like Fergus Hume and Arthur W. Upfield , a British-born Antipodean mystery novelist whose parents settled down in Ng...

Beneath the Stains of Time: In a Vanishing Room (1961) by Robert Colby

Beneath the Stains of Time: In a Vanishing Room (1961) by Robert Colby: Robert Colby was a writer of tough, fast-paced paperback originals and his short stories were regularly printed in two popular publication...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Oldest Trick in the Book

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Oldest Trick in the Book: " Now, brought to this conclusion in so unequivocal a manner as we are, it is not our part, as reasoners, to reject it on account ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: A Veiled Threat

Beneath the Stains of Time: A Veiled Threat: " Sure, it's dangerous. It's been dangerous, it is dangerous, and it's going to be a whole lot more dangerous .&quo...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Dead Man's Quest

Beneath the Stains of Time: Dead Man's Quest: " And now, Jim, we're to go in for this here treasure-hunting, with sealed orders too, and I don't like it; and you and me...