Category Archives: Mystery

FFB: The Corpse Came Calling by Brett Halliday

Posted on July 30, 2020 by

The Corpse Came Calling by Brett Haliday (pen name of Davis Dresser), (c) 1942, my copy (shown) 1964 Mayflower-Dell paperback. The blurb: When an old friend calls begging to see him immediately, Mike Shayne is surprised to say the least. … Continue reading →

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FFB: Deathtrap by Peter Turnbull

Posted on July 9, 2020 by

Deathtrap by Peter Turnbull, Severn House 2000 hardcover, mystery, police procedural. 2nd in the Hennessey and Yellich series, set in York, England. review from Kirkus Reviews: “Yet another of the author’s absorbing procedurals, this time set in the city of York, where Detective … Continue reading →

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Shelf Shots – 3

Posted on May 31, 2020 by

For Shelf Shots – 1, I showed stacks of books in front of other books. Now I’ll reveal what was behind those stacks (and of course my new-last-week bookends). [click on the picture to make it as big as you like] … Continue reading →

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Shelf Shots – 2

Posted on May 24, 2020 by

Just a quick one this time, mostly to show off my new bookends. I’d had the ones in the previous post for many years, and decided it was time for new ones. These tubby rabbits filled the bill. [click on the picture … Continue reading →

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Shelf Shots – 1

Posted on May 17, 2020 by

After seeing this meme, under the name the Bookshelf Traveling For Insane Times (begun, with guidelines, here) on three blogs, including Tracy at Bitter Tea and Mystery and Patti at Pattinaise, I finally decided to jump in. The photo is of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Reading, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction | 27 Comments

FFB:The Case of Cabin 13 by Sam McCarver

Posted on April 9, 2020 by

The Case of Cabin 13 by Sam McCarver, Signet 1999 mass market paperback, mystery novel, first printing, signed with signed bookmark. This is the first Professor John Darnell mystery. The Blurb: “Passengers are dying on White Star Lines transatlantic ocean … Continue reading →

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a posting adjustment

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

For some time now, I’ve usually been posting on my current reading on Mondays, and putting up a Forgotten Book post on Fridays. But with things as they are, that’s feeling too regimented for me. So this week I’m going to start just … Continue reading →

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Computer problem solved (I hope)…

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

But I’m just plain frazzled. I’m reading a small mass market paperback but am only managing to read a dozen pages per day. I’ve stopped watching the daily Trump-fests called briefings. A house that backs up to us is building … Continue reading →

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Computer probs, no current reading

Posted on March 22, 2020 by

We’re not sick, but the computer has a virus I can’t shake. I’d take it to the Apple store, but they’re closed. Apple support wait is 3 hours. So I’ll shut down. Email will still come in to my iPad. … Continue reading →

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FFB: The Great Merlini – The Complete Stories of the Magician Detective by Clayton Rawson

Posted on March 19, 2020 by

The Great Merlini, The Complete Stories of the Magician Detective by Clayton Rawson, Mystery short stories, 2012 Mysterious Press/Open Road Integrated Media ebook. These stories were published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine over a period of twenty five years, beginning in … Continue reading →

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