1961 is the year chosen by Kaggsy @ Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings and Simon @ Stuck in a Book for their first Reading Club of 2026. Here are short notes on some of the crime reads of the year. The Ballad of the Running Man by Shelley Smith RAF veteran, Rex, now a moderately successful writer … Continue reading #1961Club #ClassicsClub: Crime Reads
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#ClassicsClub: The Omnibus of Crime (ed.) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1929)
This mammoth anthology is divided into two main parts with further subdivisions. The first Detection and Mystery starts with Biblical mysteries: The History of Bel (considered to be the first locked-room mystery) where Daniel reveals that the food offered to Bel is actually eaten by the priests. Daniel plays detective again in The History of … Continue reading #ClassicsClub: The Omnibus of Crime (ed.) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1929)
#ReadIndies: The Report by Jessica Francis Kane (2010)
The day is Wednesday, March 3rd, 1943 and London is on edge. On Monday, England had bombed Germany in a deadly manner and there is a feeling in the air that German retalliation would be even deadlier with some new bombs, even more destructive than the ones used earlier. So when the siren goes off, … Continue reading #ReadIndies: The Report by Jessica Francis Kane (2010)
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