Category Archives: 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt

2017 Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt Wrap-up

Posted on 28 December 2017 by

Bev over at My Reader’s Block has been hosting her vintage mystery reading challenges for much longer than I’ve been blogging and it’s been a pleasure to take part all these years. So how did I do this year? Well … Continue reading →

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Buon Natale 2017

Posted on 25 December 2017 by

So, what’s 2017 been like? Well, about this big as James Stewart might have said in that dark example of Film Noir that bizarrely seems to everyone’s favourite feel good Christmas movie … And on the mystery front? Well … … Continue reading →

Posted in 'In praise of ...', 2017 Golden Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt | 50 Comments

ZERO COOL (1968) by Michael Crichton

Posted on 22 December 2017 by

This is one of the ‘John Lange’ adventures written by Michael Crichton during his apprenticeship as a purveyor of paperback thrills. Reprinted in paper by Hard Case Crime, it is also available as an e-book from Open Road in what … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Barcelona, France, Friday's Forgotten Book, Hard Case Crime, John Lange, Michael Crichton, Paris, Spain | 41 Comments

SHOTGUN SATURDAY NIGHT (1987) by Bill Crider

Posted on 15 December 2017 by

Today Patti Abbott is hosting Bill Crider Day over at her fab Pattinase blog. Crider has been remarkably prolific over the decades, managing to publish an average of two books a year while also working full-time as an academic until his retirement. As … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 Silver Age Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Bill Crider, Ed McBain, Texas | 35 Comments

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 | 15 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 | 23 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 | 15 Comments