Month: March 2025

The Sign of Four is another interesting Sherlock Holmes novel. In his second act of presenting our beloved detective, Conan Doyle fares better. Structure-wise,…

When a blaze destroys Little Thatch and its tenant, Nicholas Vaughn, perishes in the blaze, it is ruled that the cause of death is…

Fell Murder is a grim murder-mystery story penned by Lorac. I say “grim” only relating to the murder-mystery. The story isn’t grim, far from…

Of all the murder mysteries I’ve read of E.C.R. Lorac, Checkmate to Murder is the best one. It is very cleverly written, with a…

When a murder takes place in a village, don’t expect to find the culprit if he is a villager. If he is an outsider,…