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Welcome. What you will find here will be my random thoughts and reactions to various books I have read, films I have watched, and music I have listened to. In addition I may (or may not as the spirit moves me) comment about the fantasy world we call reality, which is far stranger than fiction.

Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts

Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Fergus Hume: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Fergus Hume The Mystery of a Hansom Cab This is one for those of you who enjoy old and forgotten mysteries. Fergus Hume certainly doesn...

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Murder on the Orient Express--Hollywood at what it does best

I just finished a film version of Agatha Cristie's Murder on the Orient Express-- the 1974 version. I'm not going to do a summary ...

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

P. D. James: Death Comes to Pemberley

P. D. James: Death comes to Pemberley , a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (P&P) Normally I ignore sequels to classic...

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Ben Sanders: The Fallen, a mystery

Author: Ben Sanders Title: The Fallen Mystery Type: Police Procedural Detective: Sean Devereaux L...

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Combination Plate 17

Combination Plate 17 Some books and some films and some thoughts about them-- 1. The Purple Plain , a film set in Burma during WWII 2. Mic...

Monday, March 2, 2009

Combination Plate 4: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, SF by Edgar Pangborn, Christopher Priest's The Inverted World, and JM Gregson's Remains To Be Seen

Got a real mixed bag this time: --first is a BBC production of Tolstoy's domestic romance tragedy Anna Karenina --second work is a coll...

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