"The Murders Near Mapleton," by Brian Flynn
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.
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"The Case of the Seven Sneezes," by Anthony Boucher
Classic 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.
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"The Condamine Case," by Moray Dalton
Classic 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?
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"Murder in Married Life," by Anne Morice
Classic 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.
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"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."
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"The Lost Gallows," by John Dickson Carr
Classic 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.
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"Tuesday the Rabbi Took Off," by Harry Kemelman
Classic Mysteries
Rabbi Small needed a break in his routine. An international bombing incident wasn't what he had in mind.
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"The Case of Sir Adam Braid," by Molly Thynne
Classic 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.
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"A Key to Death," by Frances and Richard Lockridge
Classic 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.
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"Helen Passes By," by E.R. Punshon
Classic 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_outlineIt couldn't have been suicide - the victim was beheaded inside a watched and locked room - but the room was empty, except for the victim. French police director Henri Bencolin stars in the first novel by John Dickson Carr.