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Tag Archives: Golden Age mystery

Death on the Riviera – John Bude

5 March 2016

Inspector Meredith and Sergeant Strang investigate a counterfeiter and smuggling ring on the French Riviera, along with one mysterious murder of an Englishman…

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Mystery in White – J. Jefferson Farjeon

12 December 2015

A group of travelers seek shelter from a blizzard at a country home—they find the fire roaring, the tea boiling, but nobody home. A crime is afoot, and there’s a murderer in their midst…

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The Z Murders – J. Jefferson Farjeon

31 August 2015

Richard Temperley finds his erstwhile travel companion—a disagreeable fellow passenger—dead, with a mysterious woman and a crimson metal “Z” the only clues to the murderer…

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Dividend on Death – Brett Halliday

11 July 2015

When Phyllis Brighton begs Mike Shayne to keep her from killing her mother, Shayne takes the job—only for the mother to end up dead, with Phyllis as prime suspect.

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Antidote to Venom – Freeman Wills Crofts

26 June 2015

Desperate for enough money to buy his perfect life, zoo director George Surridge is sucked into a web of murder—how will Inspector French unravel this one?

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Capital Crimes – Martin Edwards, ed.

25 May 2015

An original collection of under-appreciated and overlooked Golden Age mystery stories set in London, from the British Library Crime Classics series.

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Resorting to Murder – Martin Edwards, ed.

9 May 2015

The British Library Crime Classics’ first short-story anthology, collecting fourteen vintage mystery shorts first published between 1910 and 1953.

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The Red Right Hand – Joel Townsley Rogers

11 April 2015

With savage fury, a hitchhiker began a rampage that ended in a young millionaire losing his hand. Investigating why—and finding the hand—may cost Dr. Henry Riddle his sanity.

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Murder in Piccadilly – Charles Kingston

18 March 2015

The only thing between Bobbie Cheldon and marrying the love of his live is his lack of cold, hard cash—an inheritance he won’t collect until his uncle has passed away…

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The Sussex Downs Murder – John Bude

14 March 2015

“Already it looked as if the police were up against a carefully planned and cleverly executed murder, and, what was more, a murder without a corpse!”

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