Reviews

‘My favourite type of mystery, suspenseful, and where everyone is not what they appear . . . Christine is great at creating atmosphere . . . she evokes the magic of the stage, and her characters [have] a past to be uncovered before the mystery is solved.’ [Stage Fright]

- Lizzie Hayes, MYSTERY WOMEN

Golden Age Treats

Posted on Jul 13, 2022 in Clifford Witting, Dead on Time, J. S. Fletcher, Martin Edwards, Murder at the College, The Yorkshire Moorland Mystery, This Deadly Isle, Victor L. Whitechurch | 6 Comments

This Deadly Ilse: A Golden Age Mystery Map is a perfect gift for the GA fan in your life – or for yourself. It is attractively designed and the captions are written by Martin Edwards – need I say more? Some of the locations and the books associated with them were familiar to me – […]

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Splendid reprints of a forgotten GA author

Posted on Oct 19, 2021 in Catt Out Of The Bag, Clifford Witting, Galileo Publishing, Measure for Murder, Murder in Blue | 4 Comments

On a morning early in 1940 Mrs Mudge, the charlady, arrives at Lulverton Little theatre, home of the local amateur dramatic society, whose first performance of Measure for Measure is due to take place that evening. She goes into the box office: ‘with the still whining vacuum-cleaner dragging behind her like an unhappy dog on […]

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