The Dead Ringer–Best 100 Mysteries of All Time
The Dead Ringer—Fredric Brown–1948–IP I thought since my last post was about collecting side show/carny books, that I’d give the…
The Affair at Royalties–Best 100 Mysteries of All Time
The Affair At Royalties-George Baxt–1971-OOP I must be honest. I’ve no memory whatsoever of this book–what I mean is, I’ve…
After Life–Best 100 Mysteries of All Time
After Life—Rhian Ellis–2000-available “First I had to get the body into the boat. This was more than ten years ago,…
The Doorbell Rang–Best 100 Mysteries of All Time
The Doorbell Rang—Rex Stout–1966 There are a gazillion Rex Stout/Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin novels that are superb. I chose…
Traitor’s Purse-Best 100 Mysteries of All Time
Traitor’s Purse Margery Allingham 1940 Finally, I’ve reread one of my best 100, and it not only lives up…
Murder Within Murder-Best 100 Mysteries of All Time
Murder Within Murder Frances and Richard Lockridge 1946 The first time I read the book, I was impressed with what…
The Glass Room-Should or Shouldn’t It Be a Best 100?
The Glass Room Edwin Rolfe and Lester Fuller 1946 “In 1946 the phrase first appeared in the murder mystery novel…
Have Book Will Travel
I suppose the kindle or nook or ibook could be considered a stack of books being lightly hauled from destination…
