Howdunit?
Blog about mystery and crime fiction
Friday 19 August 2016
The Mummy Case (1933) - Dermot Morrah
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Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah was one of those academics who wrote a detective novel just for fun. Born in 1896, Morrah earned a schola...
Thursday 11 August 2016
The Howling Beast, 1934 - Noel Vindry
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More than a year ago, I wished for the publication of a new novel by Noel Vindry, one of greatest French Golden Age writers. At that time...
Sunday 26 July 2015
The Cask, 1920 - Freeman W. Crofts
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It takes 219 pages before reading the word “humdrum” inside The Cask , the first novel written by Freeman W. Crofts. He did not know tha...
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Sunday 12 July 2015
The Red Right Hand, 1945 - Joel Townsley Rogers
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Joel Townsley Rogers, from Sedalia (Missouri), was a very prolific American writer: he wrote hundreds of short-stories and novellas for ...
Sunday 14 June 2015
The Layton Court Mystery, 1925 - Anthony Berkeley
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Anthony Berkeley Cox was one of the great innovators of the Golden Age of detective fiction, an enigmatic and bizarre man who wrote dete...
Sunday 31 May 2015
A new awareness?
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The time for break the rules is ripe. The Golden Age is coming back. I’m glad to see the recent increasing interest in reprinting forgo...
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Friday 22 May 2015
The Third Bullet, 1937 - John Dickson Carr
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The Third Bullet is one of the most astonishing but undervalued works written by John Dickson Carr. Carr, an american detective writer ...
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