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Tag Archives: Golden Age crime fiction
Reading in 2012
Well, despite what might be implied by my complete failure to post any reviews during 2012, I was still reading. Good news was that I retrieved most of my books from storage at the end of 2012 (after almost six … Continue reading →
Posted in Crime fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Humour, Journalism, Lists, Meta-review, Non-fiction, Reviews
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REVIEW: Behold, Here’s Poison – Georgette Heyer
(House of Stratus 2001, originally published 1936) This is one of my favourites of Georgette Heyer’s mystery novels, since the characters are delightful and the plot ingenious. Like many of her crime novels, however, she doesn’t entirely play fair with … Continue reading →