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: 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: Invitation to Murder (1953) by Ab Visser

Beneath the Stains of Time: Invitation to Murder (1953) by Ab Visser: Ab Visser was a Dutch writer, editor, critic, reviewer, poet and a tireless advocate of the Dutch detective story, who tried to position him...

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: Reckoning at the Riviera Royale (2022) by P.J. Fitzsimmons

Beneath the Stains of Time: Reckoning at the Riviera Royale (2022) by P.J. Fit...: P.J. Fitzsimmons '  Reckoning at the Riviera Royale (2022) is the fifth, of currently nine, novels starring Anthony "Anty" Bo...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Carnaby Castle Curse (2022) by P.J. Fitzsimmons

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Carnaby Castle Curse (2022) by P.J...: Last time, I looked at P.J. Fitzsimmons' The Case of the Canterfell Codicil (2020), first in the Anthony "Anty" Boisjoly seri...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect (2023) by Benjamin Stevenson

Beneath the Stains of Time: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect (2023) by Benj...: I recently read Benjamin Stevenson's genre debut, Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone (2022), which perfectly blended the contempo...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone (2022) by Benjamin Stevenson

Beneath the Stains of Time: Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone (2022) by...: The traditional, Golden Age-style detective story has seen a tremendous resurgence over the past ten years spurred on by the fortunate concu...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Secret of Hunter's Keep (1931) by James Ronald

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Secret of Hunter's Keep (1931) by James Ronald: James Ronald 's The Secret of Hunter's Keep (1931) is the second, somewhat shortish, novel in Stories of Crime & Detection, vol...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Phantom Fingerprints (1945) by Kendell Foster Crossen

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Phantom Fingerprints (1945) by Ken...: Kendell Foster Crossen was an American pulp writer of science-fiction, mysteries and a short stories during the 1940s before moving onto pr...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 5: A Selection of Short Impossible Crime and Locked Room Mystery Stories

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 5: A Selection of Short Im...: Every now and then, I do one of these "Locked and Loaded" posts to read and review mostly obscure, often uncollected short locked ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Bunraku Noir (2023) by K.O. Enigma

Beneath the Stains of Time: Bunraku Noir (2023) by K.O. Enigma: Earlier this month, I reviewed Aosaki Yugo's short story " Tokuma shoten " ("Knockin' On Locked," 2014), introdu...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Slings and Arrows: Q.E.D. vol. 35-36 by Motohiro Katouby

Beneath the Stains of Time: Slings and Arrows: Q.E.D. vol. 35-36 by Motohiro K...: The first of two stories from Motohiro Katou's Q.E.D. vol. 35, "Two Suspects," is a surprisingly uncomplicated, straightforwa...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Living Dead: Case Closed, vol. 88 by Gosho Aoyama

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Living Dead: Case Closed, vol. 88 by Gosho Aoyama: The 88th volume of Gosho Aoyama 's Case Closed traditionally begins with the conclusion to the story that closed out the previous volum...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Q.E.D. X-MAS/NEW YEAR SPECIAL: "Christmas Eve Eve" (vol. 24) and "The Drama Murder Case" (One-Shot Special)

Beneath the Stains of Time: Q.E.D. X-MAS/NEW YEAR SPECIAL: "Christmas Eve Eve"...: Back in March, I reviewed Motohiro Katou's Q.E.D. vol. 24 and springtime was either too late or too early to fully enjoy the seasonall...

Beneath the Stains of Time: At the Sign of the Clove and Hoof (1937) by Zoë Johnson

Beneath the Stains of Time: At the Sign of the Clove and Hoof (1937) by Zoë Jo...: Zoë Johnson was a British author of only two detective novels, At the Sign of the Clove and Hoof (1937) and Mourning After (1939), but the...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Little Green Men (1951) by Mack Reynolds

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Little Green Men (1951) by Mack Re...: Back in June, I reviewed Norman Berrow's The Spaniard's Thumb (1949) and began the post, half-jokingly, explaining how Edgar Allan ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (2022) by Ellery Queen and Josh Pachter

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (2022) by Ellery...: The New York cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee were the heart and brain behind one of the most important names in the American dete...

Beneath the Stains of Time: What Happened at Hazelwood (1946) by Michael Innes

Beneath the Stains of Time: What Happened at Hazelwood (1946) by Michael Innes: " Michael Innes " was the pseudonym of J.I.M. Stewart, Professor of English Literature, who penned nearly fifty erudite, gently hu...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 3: A Selection of Short Impossible Crime and Locked Room Mystery Stories

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 3: A Selection of Short Im...: A while ago, I cobbled together a pair of compilation posts, "Locked and Loaded, Part 1 and 2 ," which discussed a devil's do...