Category Archives: Mystery

A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Rick Robinson

A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club, June 1950 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in the same month. I read Open Road ebook (Kindle) edition Plot Summary: … Continue reading →

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The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Rick Robinson

The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz, original (c)2017, this edition Harper Perennial (c)2019 trade paperback, mystery novel, 390 pages The Blurb: The Word is Murder is a 2017 mystery novel by British author Anthony Horowitz and the first novel in … Continue reading →

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In a Word: Murder – Stories in Memory of Maxine Clarke

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Rick Robinson

In A Word: Murder – Stories In Memory of Maxine Clarke edited by Margot Kinberg, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 2014) – ebook, 128 pages from the Introduction: “Maxine Clarke, to whose memory these stories are dedicated, was a true … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Steps by T. Jefferson Parker

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Rick Robinson

A Thousand Steps by T. Jefferson Parker, 2022 Forge Book, hardcover mystery novel Plot Summary: (edited slightly from the publisher’s blurb) A Thousand Steps is a beguiling thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of a turbulent time and … Continue reading →

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Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Rick Robinson

Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye, 2009 Simon & Schuster hardcover, mystery novel, Sherlock Holmes pastiche, subtitled An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson Plot Summary: In a foreword, writing in 1939, the elderly Dr. Watson decides … Continue reading →

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reading short stories – Nov 24, 2021

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Rick Robinson

It’s Thanksgiving week! I finished the Maigret stories by Georges Simenon, started a collection by Patricia Highsmith, and I’ll get back to the Andrea Camilleri later.  “The Man On the Streets” by Georges Simenon, from Death Threats and Other Stories – Maigret … Continue reading →

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reading short stories – Nov 17, 2021

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Rick Robinson

I’ve finished Guilty Creatures, continued the Simenon collection and started on a new collection by Andrea Camilleri. You may notice in the cover gallery that the cover images move to the left as I continue and then finish a book.  “The Man … Continue reading →

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reading short stories – Nov 10, 2021

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Rick Robinson

This week I’ve been reading from two anthologies and a collection:  “The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane” by Arthur Conan Doyle from Guilty Creatures – Sherlock Holmes is asked to discover the killer, by scourge or whip, of a local … Continue reading →

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short story Wednesday – Thrilling Stories of the Railway by Victor L. Whitechurch

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Rick Robinson

I read this in ebook form, a Kindle compilation of British Mysteries. Except for the review cited at the end of this post, the author is new to me. Thrilling Stories of the Railway by Victor L. Whitechurch, 1912.  Contents:“Peter Craine’s … Continue reading →

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Currently…

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Rick Robinson

We’ve had a lot of rain in the past week, with more expected every day for at least another. That’s good, we need it, and the snowpack that’s being dropped in the mountains, which provides the water in the Summer … Continue reading →

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