Category Archives: 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt

The Manny deWitt trilogy by Peter Rabe

Posted on 6 October 2017 by

This omnibus – a secret review copy of which arrived, via three drop boxes and as many couriers in disguise – comes courtesy of those very nice people at Stark House Press. It brings together the trilogy of decidedly off-beat adventure … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Africa, Cold War, Espionage, Germany, Paris, Peter Rabe, Stark House Press, The Netherlands | 14 Comments

EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE (1982) by Lawrence Block

Posted on 29 August 2017 by

This fine private eye novel is first and foremost a powerful character study, depicting the slow recovery of an alcoholic but it also provides the requisite crime thrills too. It was the fifth in the Matthew Scudder series of New … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Lawrence Block, New York, Private Eye | 22 Comments

THE RIDDLE OF THE THIRD MILE (1983) by Colin Dexter

Posted on 16 May 2017 by

This book in the Inspector Morse series generally sees little love either critics or fans  – and was changed greatly when adapted for TV (even the title, to ‘The Last Enemy’). Is this a book that is worth reclaiming? “Morse … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Colin Dexter, England, Inspector Morse, London, Oxford, Tuesday's Overlooked Film | 14 Comments

THE SILENT WORLD OF NICHOLAS QUINN (1977) by Colin Dexter

Posted on 25 April 2017 by

This was the third book in the Inspector Morse series, and is perhaps my favourite of them all (well, it is either this one or Service of All the Dead, I always struggle a bit between the two). Not only is the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Colin Dexter, Crime of the Century, England, Five Star review, Inspector Morse, Oxford, Tuesday's Overlooked Film | 34 Comments

ANGEL’S FLIGHT (1960) by Lou Cameron

Posted on 21 April 2017 by

This dynamic piece of jazz noir was the debut novel of Lou Cameron (1924–2010), an author who would later establish himself as the ultra prolific authors of hundreds of Westerns. First published as a Gold Medal original, it spins the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Friday's Forgotten Book, Hollywood, Los Angeles, New York, Stark House Press | 29 Comments

Vintage Mystery Cover Scavenger Hunt 2017

Posted on 7 November 2016 by

That inveterate Challenge setter Bev Hankin, she of My Reader’s Block, keeps finding new and fiendish ways to get us vintage mystery fans into action – and here is her latest reading challenge: Here’s the plot premise for 2017:

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