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: 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: The First Television Murder (1940) by Val Gielgud and Eric Maschwitz

Beneath the Stains of Time: The First Television Murder (1940) by Val Gielgud ...: Val Gielgud , an actor, director and broadcaster, was a pioneer of radio-and television drama at the BBC and served as head for both their d...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder in the Air (1931) by Darwin L. Teilhet

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder in the Air (1931) by Darwin L. Teilhet: Darwin L. Teilhet was an American journalist, advertising executive, screenwriter and novelist who started out as a mystery writer, authori...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Tim MacNab Seeks a Story (1937) by Marten Toonder

Beneath the Stains of Time: Tim MacNab Seeks a Story (1937) by Marten Toonder: The concept of "lost media" is something of an obsession on parts of the internet and touched upon the subject myself, " Top ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Ring of Innocent (1952) by Brian Flynn

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Ring of Innocent (1952) by Brian Flynn: Brian Flynn 's The Ring of Innocent (1952), the fortieth title in the Anthony Bathurst series, begins with Martin Scudamore going to se...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Best Served Cold: Case Closed, vol. 96 by Gosho Aoyama

Beneath the Stains of Time: Best Served Cold: Case Closed, vol. 96 by Gosho Ao...: This is probably going to be a slightly shorter review than usual, because Gosho Aoyama 's 96th volume of Case Closed only has one comp...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Nature of Things: C.M.B. vol. 7-8 by Motohiro Katou

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Nature of Things: C.M.B. vol. 7-8 by Motohiro ...: Following a short hiatus, I returned to the work of Motohiro Katou back in September with a review of C.M.B. vol. 5-6 and the intention w...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Cracking Nuts: "The Murder of Santa Claus" (1952) by Tage la Cour

Beneath the Stains of Time: Cracking Nuts: "The Murder of Santa Claus" (1952) ...: Tage la Cour's "Mordet pa julemanden" ("The Murder of Santa Claus," 1952), a parody-pastiche, originally appeared in...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Straight to Your Heart: Case Closed, vol. 95 by Gosho Aoyama

Beneath the Stains of Time: Straight to Your Heart: Case Closed, vol. 95 by Go...: Gosho Aoyama 's 95th volume of Case Closed picks up where the previous, absolutely packed volume ended that was crammed with familiar f...

Beneath the Stains of Time: It's About Impossible Crime (2025) by James Scott Byrnside

Beneath the Stains of Time: It's About Impossible Crime (2025) by James Scott ...: Last time we heard of James Scott Byrnside was a short story, "The Silent Steps of Murder," posted on his blog as an appetizer to...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Nine Times Nine (1940) by Anthony Boucher

Beneath the Stains of Time: Nine Times Nine (1940) by Anthony Boucher: I previously reviewed H. Russell Wakefield's The Belt of Suspicion (1936), a not wholly uninteresting genre curiosity, but a curiosity ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Inspector De Klerck and the Silent Hope (2024) by P. Dieudonné

Beneath the Stains of Time: Inspector De Klerck and the Silent Hope (2024) by ...: Recently, the small independent Dutch publisher E-Pulp released the twelfth novel in P. Dieudonné 's Rotterdam police series, Recherche...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Strange Pictures (2022) by Uketsu

Beneath the Stains of Time: Strange Pictures (2022) by Uketsu: I noted in the 2024 roundup post, " Murder in Retrospect ," Pushkin Vertigo had begun to expand their catalog of Japanese detectiv...

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 Labyrinth House Murders (1988) by Yukito Ayatsuji

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Labyrinth House Murders (1988) by Yukito Ayatsuji: Last year was great for fans of the Japanese honkaku and shin honkaku mysteries with new translations of Akimitsu Takagi's Noumen sats...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Memory Reboot: Case Closed, vol. 92 by Gosho Aoyama

Beneath the Stains of Time: Memory Reboot: Case Closed, vol. 92 by Gosho Aoyama: The 92nd volume of Gosho Aoyama 's Case Closed series customarily begins with the conclusion to the story that closed out the previous ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: And Then There Were Nyan (2024) by A.Z. Ruin

Beneath the Stains of Time: And Then There Were Nyan (2024) by A.Z. Ruin: So for the past three, four months, I've been reading, rating and reviewing impossible crime novels and short stories that were nominate...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Crossword Mystery (1979) by Robert B. Gillespie

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Crossword Mystery (1979) by Robert B. Gillespie: Robert B. Gillespie is, or perhaps was, an American writer who authored eight now largely forgotten, out-of-print crime, detective and thril...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder Breaks Trail (1943) by Eunice Mays Boyd

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder Breaks Trail (1943) by Eunice Mays Boyd: In 2022, I compiled a post, " Curiosity is Killing the Cat: Detective Novels That Need to Be Reprinted ," crammed with criminally ...