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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Friday’s Forgotten Book: Who Died at the Grange? by Michael Halliday (1942)
Inspector Dew of Barshire is told by the Chief Constable that Scotland Yard had contacted him regarding an Irish national, Desmond O'Neill whom they suspect of spying and passing information to the Germans. The Yard had been following O'Neill, but then they lost trace of him. His last known whereabouts were Canford Grange, the estate … Continue reading Friday’s Forgotten Book: Who Died at the Grange? by Michael Halliday (1942)
1st september: War and Crime
The second world war is generally said to have began on this date in 1939. This year I have been reading quite a few mysteries that have the war setting the context of the novel. Elizabeth Farrars' Murder Among Friends which is set in London during the time of Blitz has already been reviewed. Here … Continue reading 1st september: War and Crime
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