Showing posts with label locked room mysteries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label locked room mysteries. Show all posts
Friday, May 08, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Foggy Past: C.M.B. vol. 11-12 by Motohiro Katou
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Foggy Past: C.M.B. vol. 11-12 by Motohiro Katou: The first story from Motohiro Katou 's C.M.B. vol. 11, "Phaistos Disc," returns to the two part, two chapter format in which ...
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder in the Tomb (1937) by Lucian Austin Osgood
Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder in the Tomb (1937) by Lucian Austin Osgood: Over the years, I picked up a curious collection of so-called genre curiosities, alternative classics and a couple of neglected gems along t...
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Double Turn (1956) by Carol Carnac
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Double Turn (1956) by Carol Carnac: Last year, the British Library Crime Classics reprinted E.C.R. Lorac's Murder As a Fine Art (1953), published as by "Carol Carnac,...
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 7: A Selection of Short Impossible Crime and Locked Room Mystery Stories
Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 7: A Selection of Short Im...: So lately, I noticed an unaccountable, unacceptable dearth in locked room and impossible crime reviews which needed immediate correction to ...
Friday, April 03, 2026
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...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Judges of Hades and Other Simon Ark Stories (1971) by Edward D. Hoch
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Judges of Hades and Other Simon Ark Stories (1...: Decades before Crippen & Landru, Edward D. Hoch had about half a dozen collections of his voluminous detective fiction published, throu...
Friday, March 27, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: Back for More: Q.E.D. iff vol. 1-2 by Motohiro Katou
Beneath the Stains of Time: Back for More: Q.E.D. iff vol. 1-2 by Motohiro Katou: Last year, I finished Motohiro Katou 's first run of his flagship Q.E.D. series with a review of vol. 50 and " The Hit List: Top ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich (2023) by P.J. Fitzsimmons
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich (2023) by P.J....: P.J. Fitzsimmons ' The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich (2023) is the sixth entry in the Anthony "Anty" Boisjoly series of Wo...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: Fear of Fear (1931) by Florence Ryerson and Colin ...
Beneath the Stains of Time: Fear of Fear (1931) by Florence Ryerson and Colin ...: Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements were an American husband-and-wife writing tandem, " of varied and prodigious talent ," whose o...
Monday, March 02, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Locked Village and the Eight Tricks (2024) by Danro Kamosaki
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Locked Village and the Eight Tricks (2024) by ...: Last year, I discovered Danro Kamosaki 's "Murder in the Golden Age of Locked Rooms" series, translated by Mitsuda Madoy and ...
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Leopard Died Too (1957) by Nigel Brent
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Leopard Died Too (1957) by Nigel Brent: "Nigel Brent," a pseudonym of Cecil Gordon Eugene Wimhurst, is one of those obscure, practically forgotten writers who published a...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: Time Wants a Skeleton: C.M.B. vol. 9-10 by Motohiro Katou
Beneath the Stains of Time: Time Wants a Skeleton: C.M.B. vol. 9-10 by Motohir...: Motohiro Katou's C.M.B. vol. 9 opens with a two-part, two chapter story, "The Sun and a Folklore," which brings Sakaki Shinra...
Thursday, February 05, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: Masterclass: "Touch of a Vanish'd Hand" (2000) by Phil Mann
Beneath the Stains of Time: Masterclass: "Touch of a Vanish'd Hand" (2000) by ...: If you read my recent review of Fredric Brown's "Handbook for Homicide" (1943), you know the intention the intersperse the lo...
Sunday, February 01, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: Mind-boggling Mysteries of a Missionary (2010) by Bertil Falk
Beneath the Stains of Time: Mind-boggling Mysteries of a Missionary (2010) by ...: Bertil Falk was a Swedish newspaper reporter, TV journalist, magazine editor, translator, writer and something of a pop-fiction historian wh...
Sunday, January 25, 2026
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...
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Sentry-Box Murder (1935) by Newton Gayle
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Sentry-Box Murder (1935) by Newton Gayle: " Newton Gayle ," a pseudonym, was a partnership of strange bedfellows between Muna Lee and Maurice Guinness, a human rights activ...
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: My Grandfather, the Master Detective (2023) by Masateru Konishi
Beneath the Stains of Time: My Grandfather, the Master Detective (2023) by Mas...: Masateru Konishi, a TV and radio writer, debuted as a novelist in 2023 with Meitantei no mama de ite, vol. I ( Stay a Great Detective ), re...
Tuesday, January 06, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: Above Suspicion (1922/23) by Robert Orr Chipperfield
Beneath the Stains of Time: Above Suspicion (1922/23) by Robert Orr Chipperfield: Several years ago, I reviewed the "Otto Penzler's Locked Room Library" reprint edition of The Clue in the Air (1917) by Isabe...
Friday, January 02, 2026
Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder of a Matriarch (1936) by Hugh Austin
Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder of a Matriarch (1936) by Hugh Austin: Hugh Austin, a true enigma, was a mystery writer about whom very little, or anything, is known and what's known doesn't always appea...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Clock House Murders (1991) by Yukito Ayatsuji
Beneath the Stains of Time: The Clock House Murders (1991) by Yukito Ayatsuji: Pushkin Vertigo has, as of 2025, published four novels in Yukito Ayatsuji's "Bizarre House Mysteries" series, translated by H...
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