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Sparkling Cyanide – Agatha Christie

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Ela

(HarperCollins 2006: in ‘1940s Omnibus’, originally published 1945) Like Towards Zero, Sparkling Cyanide is one of Christie’s ‘stand-alone’ detective novels published during the war years but which does not refer to the war and seems to be set before it. … Continue reading →

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Fables: Legends in Exile – Bill Willingham et alia

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Ela

(Vertigo 2002) (drawn by Lan Medina, inked by Steve Leialoha and Craig Hamilton) Legends in Exile collects the first five issues of the award-winning Fables comic, which form a good introduction to the ‘Fables’ universe and also a coherent story … Continue reading →

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The Layton Court Mystery – Anthony Berkeley

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Ela

(The Langtail Press e-book 2010, originally published in 1925) Like my introduction to Cyril Hare, I originally came across the work of Anthony Berkeley in an anthology, and later in a joint novel produced by members of the Detection Club, … Continue reading →

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