Mad lairds and murder on Christmas Eve - considered one of the 10 best detective stories.
Hamlet, Revenge! (Michael Innes)
Character and Motive in Shakespeare, by J. I. M. Stewart.
Death at the President’s Lodging (Michael Innes)
“An academic life, Dr Johnson observed, puts one little in the way of extraordinary casualties.”
The Lord of the Rings – opera
My world-first review of Paul Corfield Godfrey's adaptation of The Lord of the Rings was published today by MusicWeb International. The opera is superb, and, I believe, of historical importance. Link below: https://musicwebinternational.com/2026/01/corfield-godfrey-musical-chapters-from-the-lord-of-the-rings/
“Either these books go or I do.”
I'm selling my detective stories - Freeman Wills Crofts and John Rhode / Miles Burton now on Ebay.
It Walks by Night (John Dickson Carr)
The first novel of that great French detective writer, John Dickson Carr.
Obelists at Sea (C. Daly King)
Being the psychologists' murder case.
Not quite top ten detective novels of the 1930s
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Marsh Hay (Gladys Mitchell, as Stephen Hockaby)
Gladys Mitchell writes as Stephen Hockaby.
Let X Be the Murderer (Clifford Witting)
“X,” algebraically, is usually an unknown quantity. When it represents a murderer it should also be unknown.
The Grandest Game in the World