Happiness Is A Book: Friday’s Forgotten Book: My Late Wives by Carter Dickson

 Happiness Is A Book: Friday’s Forgotten Book: My Late Wives by Carter Dickson

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Unicorn Murders (1935) by Carter Dickson

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Unicorn Murders (1935) by Carter Dickson: In May, the British Library Crime Classics series of reprints is releasing a brand new, long overdue edition of John Dickson Carr 's fou...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Zombie Mail: "The Devil in the Summerhouse" by John Dickson Carr

Beneath the Stains of Time: Zombie Mail: "The Devil in the Summerhouse" (1942)...: Two months ago, John Norris, of Pretty Sinister Books , posted a review of Charles Ashton 's annoyingly obscure, long out-of-print Deat...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Burning Court (1937) by John Dickson Carr

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Burning Court (1937) by John Dickson Carr: John Dickson Carr 's The Burning Court (1937), published during the Goldilocks years of the Golden Age, enjoys the status of a fan favo...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The White Priory Murders (1934) by Carter Dickson

Beneath the Stains of Time: The White Priory Murders (1934) by Carter Dickson: I previously ranked a dozen of my favorite seasonal detective stories, " The Naughty List: Top 12 Favorite Christmas Mystery Novels ...

Happiness Is A Book: Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson

 Happiness Is A Book: Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by Carter Dickson

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Red Widow Murders (1935) by Carter Dickson

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Red Widow Murders (1935) by Carter Dickson: So the quality of detective fiction reviewed on here over the past two, three weeks have left something to be desired, even John Dickson Car...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941) by John Dickson Carr

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941) by John D...: John Dickson Carr 's The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941) is the thirteenth novel in the Dr. Gideon Fell series, which is one of hi...

Beneath the Stains of Time: 13 to the Gallows (2008) by John Dickson Carr and Val Gielgudand

Beneath the Stains of Time: 13 to the Gallows (2008) by John Dickson Carr and ...: This year marks the 30th anniversary of Douglas G. Green's founding of Crippen & Landru , a small publishing firm specialized in sho...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Look Upon the Prisoner: "Who Killed Matthew Corbin?" (1939/40) by John Dickson Carr

Beneath the Stains of Time: Look Upon the Prisoner: "Who Killed Matthew Corbin...: A few years ago, Crippen & Landru published a collection of John Dickson Carr 's manuscripts of his obscure, long-lost radio series...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Money for Old Rope: "The Other Hangman" (1935) by John Dickson Carr

Beneath the Stains of Time: Money for Old Rope: "The Other Hangman" (1935) by ...: Previously, I reviewed an anthology, Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (2022), which sounded promising when it was announced over a year ago...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Crooked Hinge (1938) by John Dickson Carr

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Crooked Hinge (1938) by John Dickson Carr: Last month can be nicely summed up as "weak tea" as the quality, plot-wise, as most of the plot were diluted either by the changin...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Reader is Warned (1939) by Carter Dickson

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Reader is Warned (1939) by Carter Dickson: Several months ago, I reread and reviewed John Dickson Carr's The Problem of the Green Capsule (1939), whose reputation received a much...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Down On His Luck: "The Silver Curtain" (1939) by by Carter Dickson

Beneath the Stains of Time: Down On His Luck: "The Silver Curtain" (1939) by C...: Mike Ashley's momentous anthology The Mammoth Book of Locked Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000) introduced John Dickson Carr ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Till Death Do Us Part (1944) by John Dickson Carr

Beneath the Stains of Time: Till Death Do Us Part (1944) by John Dickson Carr: After slogging through Jonathan Latimer 's tediously paced The Dead Don't Care (1938), I needed a palate cleanser and there were...

Beneath the Stains of Time: A Devil of a Time

Beneath the Stains of Time: A Devil of a Time: " Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it ." - George Santayana  If you're one of those soul...