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Showing posts with label Mysteries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mysteries. Show all posts
23 February 2026

The Colony of Unrequited Nightmares

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Portrait in Fear [ Mystery of Cedar Valley ] Vera Henry New York: Caravelle, 1964 160 pages I expected little of  Portrait in Fear, the   l...
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16 February 2026

The Great Lost Canadian Mystery Novel?

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'Four To Go' Kay Grant [Hilda Kay Grant] The Star Weekly (24 - 31 March 1973) I once thought that Hilda Kay Grant's bibliograph...
28 January 2026

The Jan Hilliard Ricochet

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Let the revival begin! I first read Jan Hilliard three years ago. The book was  Dove Cottage , her third novel. It may not be the best place...
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02 July 2025

All His Troubles Seemed So Far Away

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Murder Began Yesterday Lee Johnson [Lilian Beatrice Johnson] 191 pages London: Gifford, 1966 We begin with what is perhaps the worst first s...
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22 April 2025

The Man with the Midas Touch

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Sword of Desire Robert W. Tracy [Alvin Schwartz] New York: Arco, 1952 176 pages As far as I can tell, "Fort Crime!" is the first A...
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22 March 2025

Tumbling Towards Mystery

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The Stone Cottage Mystery Joyce Boyle Toronto: Macmillan, 1961 151 pages A big city girl made unhappy by her family's move to a small to...
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25 February 2025

The Case of the Queer Antiques Dealer

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The Mystery of Cabin Island Franklin W. Dixon [Leslie McFarlane] New York: Grosset & Dunlop [c. 1960] 214 pages If you ever happen to vi...
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20 January 2025

The Boy Who Cried Truth

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The Calgary Herald , 26 October 1963 The Weird World of Wes Beattie John Norman Harris New York: Harper & Row, 1963 216 pages Wes Beatti...