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To reduce confusion, I have amalgamated the book of the month posts for the last two months, as some of the reviews I published this month were read back in October, and it would have rather fiddly trying to separate things out. Moreover, some of the reviews for those reads will be coming out in the next month or two. So, yes it has got a little bit complicated since I began my ...
I first came across this anthology when I was compiling 2025’s classic crime reprint list, in readiness for December’s Reprint of the Year Award. I am aware of a number of Sherlock Holmes spinoffs or variations, but I had not heard of Max Spitzkopf, so I was definitely intrigued. I was kindly sent a review copy, and it was accompanied by a press release, which reveals that these...
Today’s read is the second novel in Jensen’s Torben Helle series. I reviewed the first, Helle & Death (2024) back in March 2024. I would recommend reading the books in order, as the solution to the first mystery is somewhat spoiled in the second.
Earlier this month I launched a new series of posts which is designed to look at what classic crime fiction has been reprinted, month by month. I kicked things off by looking at what was reissued in October, and I asked readers to let me know if this was something they would enjoy being continued. Readers across various platforms did just that and it was nice to have some more i...
Although Ferrars made a move later in her career to write more series novels, today’s read is one of her many standalones. Danger from the Dead is my 22nd read by this author, but I still get surprised when I remember how late she was still writing, given her first mystery novel came out in 1940. The blurb below which comes on the Collin Crime Club dust jacket, places Gavin in a...
