Classic Mysteries
A local hero disappears from his own Christmas party, and a shocking murder is only one of many unexpected results. Investigator Anthony Bathurst uncovers the ugly truths that someone is willing to commit murder to hide.
info_outline "The Case of the Seven Sneezes," by Anthony BoucherClassic Mysteries
A dead cat may be nothing to sneeze at. but why seven sneezes? A private detective and a small group of survivors from a murderous wedding find themselves trapped with an apparently psychotic killer on a remote island, cut off from the world at large.
info_outline "The Condamine Case," by Moray DaltonClassic Mysteries
A family curse - and murder, ancient and modern. It sounded like the perfect story for a movie - a curse still working after 300 years. A macabre twist to a powerful drama - or simply brutal murder?
info_outline "Murder in Married Life," by Anne MoriceClassic Mysteries
Nice to be newlywed. Not so nice to fight a blackmailer. Anne Morice's "Murder in Married Life," reviewed this week on Classic Mysteries.
info_outline "Death in the Grand Manor," by Anne Morice.Classic Mysteries
A charming and witty satirical mystery from the early years of the so-called "Silver Age of Detective Fiction."
info_outline "The Lost Gallows," by John Dickson CarrClassic Mysteries
A limousine driven by a dead man with a cut throat...a lost gallows on a missing London street...John Dickson Carr's second mystery starring Henri Bencolin, "The Lost Gallows," reviewed.
info_outline "Tuesday the Rabbi Took Off," by Harry KemelmanClassic Mysteries
Rabbi Small needed a break in his routine. An international bombing incident wasn't what he had in mind.
info_outline "The Case of Sir Adam Braid," by Molly ThynneClassic Mysteries
Nearly everyone in his family hated Sir Adam Braid. Only the old man's granddaughter loved him - and the old miser was cutting her out of his will. A motive for murder? Or did someone else hate him enough to kill him? "The Case of Sir Adam Braid," A Golden Age classic by Molly Thynne, reviewed.
info_outline "A Key to Death," by Frances and Richard LockridgeClassic Mysteries
On the Classic Mysteries podcast this week, Mr. and Mrs. North only want to draw up a new will, but it's their lawyer who gets murdered.
info_outline "Helen Passes By," by E.R. PunshonClassic Mysteries
Newly appointed to Scotland Yard, Bobby Owen finds himself weighing motives, politics and amazing beauty as he hunts for a murderer who might just be an "untouchable" British aristocrat. E.R. Punshon's "Helen Passes By," reviewed.
info_outlineThe body of a headless corpse turns up in a Parisian canal, and Inspector Maigret must find out who was killed - and why.