Beneath the Stains of Time: Like a Thief in the Night: "The Diamond Pentacle" (1939) by Carter Dickson

Beneath the Stains of Time: Like a Thief in the Night: "The Diamond Pentacle" ...: John Dickson Carr 's "The Diamond Pentacle," published as by " Carter Dickson ," originally appeared in The Times o...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Mystery of Hunting's End (1930) by Mignon G. Eberhart

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Mystery of Hunting's End (1930) by Mignon G. E...: Last year, I reviewed Mignon G. Eberhart ' s From This Dark Stairway (1931), fourth in the Nurse Keath and Lance O'Leary series, wh...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Ghost Walks: Case Closed, vol. 99 by Gosho Aoyama

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Ghost Walks: Case Closed, vol. 99 by Gosho Aoyama: So, before getting to the 99th volume of Gosho Aoyama 's Case Closed , some fantastic news for those who have been reading reviews of th...

Beneath the Stains of Time: This Time Forever (1957) by John Glasby

Beneath the Stains of Time: This Time Forever (1957) by John Glasby: In 2021, I reviewed A Time for Murder (2002/13) by John Glasby, a prolific fictioneer of the 1950s and '60s, who produced science-ficti...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Crime in May (1946) by Marten van Alland

Beneath the Stains of Time: Crime in May (1946) by Marten van Alland: Back in July, I reviewed a long out-of-print, practically forgotten Dutch mystery novel, De dood kwam door de sneeuw ( Death Came Through t...

Beneath the Stains of Time: First Contact: Q.E.D. iff vol. 5-6 by Motohiro Katou

Beneath the Stains of Time: First Contact: Q.E.D. iff vol. 5-6 by Motohiro Katou: The simply titled story "Even" opens Motohiro Katou 's Q.E.D. iff vol. 5 and begins when Ashikaga Ren, a second-year universi...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Thirteenth Apostle (2020) by Jamie Probin

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Thirteenth Apostle (2020) by Jamie Probin: Last time, I reviewed "The Episode of the Nine Monets" (2020) by Jamie Probin, a mathematician, who has written a short series of ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Art of Stealing: "The Episode of the Nine Monets" (2020) by Jamie Probin

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Art of Stealing: "The Episode of the Nine Mone...: Jamie Probin is a British-born mathematician currently living in Charleston, South Carolina, where he teaches mathematics at Charleston Sout...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Every Roos Has Its Thorn: "Death is a Trouper" (1946) by Kelley Roos

Beneath the Stains of Time: Every Roos Has Its Thorn: "Death is a Trouper" (19...: Writing under the shared pseudonym " Kelley Roos ," William and Audrey Roos formed one of the best, cleverest and funniest writing...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Hangman's Tree (1949) by Dorothy Cameron Disney

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Hangman's Tree (1949) by Dorothy Cameron Disney: Dorothy Cameron Disney was an American journalist, writer and columnist whose column, "Can This Marriage Be Saved," ran for three...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Glass Tower Murders (2021) by Mikito Chinen

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Glass Tower Murders (2021) by Mikito Chinen: Last year, I came across the work of fan-lator Mitsuda Konno , formerly known as Mitsuda Madoy, who's translating first-rate Japanese de...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Hit List: Top 5 Favorite Mystery Short-Shorts

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Hit List: Top 5 Favorite Mystery Short-Shorts: When patching together one of these lists, I always try to avoid the usual topic and opt for something slightly less obvious and original, ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Half-Mast Murder (1930) by Milward Kennedy

Beneath the Stains of Time: Half-Mast Murder (1930) by Milward Kennedy: Milward Kennedy was an English civil servant, journalist, literary critic, reviewer and mystery writer, who was a founding member of the De...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder at the End of the World (2022) by Akane Araki

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder at the End of the World (2022) by Akane Araki: I previously reviewed Ross Montgomery's The Murder at World's End (2025), a classically-styled, retro-Golden Age mystery, which is ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder in the Gilded Cage (1929) by Samuel Spewack

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder in the Gilded Cage (1929) by Samuel Spewack: Samuel Spewack was a Ukrainian-born American journalist, Hollywood screenwriter and novelist who penned two detective novels, The Skyscraper...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Hit List: Top 10 Favorite Detective Novels from the 1950s

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Hit List: Top 10 Favorite Detective Novels fro...: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction is generally narrowed to the interwar period, roughly covering the 1920s and '30s, because the World...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Cardula and the Locked Rooms (2026) by Jack Ritchie

Beneath the Stains of Time: Cardula and the Locked Rooms (2026) by Jack Ritchie: Back in 2024, I posted " Locked and Loaded, Part 5: A Selection of Short Impossible Crime and Locked Room Mystery Stories , "  a s...

Beneath the Stains of Time: She Walks at Night (1948) by Seishi Yokomizo

Beneath the Stains of Time: She Walks at Night (1948) by Seishi Yokomizo: Back in May, Pushkin Vertigo released their eighth Kosuke Kindaichi novel, Yoru aruku ( She Walks at Night , 1948), written by the patriarc...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Death in 13 Rooms (2026) by A. Carver

Beneath the Stains of Time: Death in 13 Rooms (2026) by A. Carver: Last month, A. Carver published the fifth title in the Alex Corby and Cornelia Crow series, entitled Death in 13 Rooms (2026), which is a ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked Room Puzzles (1986) edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked Room Puzzles (1986) edited by Martin H. Gre...: So, back in May, I added " The Locked Library ," a companion page to " The Muniment Room ," which is a permanent, easy t...