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Category: Mystery

March 31, 2025

The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes #2) – Arthur Conan Doyle

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,…

March 31, 2025

Fire in the Thatch (Robert McDonald #27) – E.C.R. Lorac

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

March 31, 2025

Fell Murder (Robert McDonald #24) – E.C.R. Lorac

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…

March 31, 2025

Checkmate to Murder (Robert McDonald #25) – E.C.R. Lorac

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…

March 31, 2025

Murder in the Mill-Race (Robert McDonald #37) – E.C.R. Lorac

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,…

November 26, 2021

The Sittaford Mystery – Agatha Christie

The Sittaford Mystery is another enjoyable standalone murder mystery by our queen of crime, Agatha Christie. Set in an isolated small village in Dartmoor,…

November 24, 2021

Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot 10) – Agatha Christie

When I started with this read, I had some difficulty in connecting with it; something I have not experienced with my previous reads of…

November 24, 2021

Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot #19) – Agatha Christie

I very much enjoyed this particular installment of the Poirot series. The story was for me one of the good ones in the series….

November 24, 2021

The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot #13) – Agatha Christie

In The ABC Murders, Poirot is challenged by a serial killer, or it seems to be the case. The murderer is so bold that…

November 23, 2021

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? – Agatha Christie

This is my second time reading of a standalone murder-mystery by Agatha Christie, and I find it to be quite a different experience. I’ve…

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