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John Updike on His Signal Failure to Become the Next Erle Stanley Gardner or P. G. Wodehouse

Curt Evans has recently posted on his The Passing Tramp weblog about some of John Updike's...

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Book Review: ‘The Spotted Cat’

Christianna Brand's Inspector Cockrill appeared in almost a score of novels, short stories...

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ABC’s ‘Castle’ Is Back on Its Surrealistic Track

Last night's episode of the ABC TV crime series Castle was the second of this season for ...

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Book Review: ‘The Duel of Shadows’

The Duel of Shadows: The Extraordinary Cases of Barnabas Hildreth — Vincent Cornier (189...

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TAC Fiction Review

Let's call it the after-Christmas Merry Christmas issue (or maybe the Boxing Day issue). A...

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Book Review: ‘Murder for Christmas’

By Mike Gray Somehow criminality and Christmas have a perverse affinity for one another, ...

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The Erudite Flatfoot—Inspector Appleby

Appleby Talks About Crime by Michael Innes Edited by John Cooper Crippen & Landru Publ...

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“Just One More Thing . . . .”—Lt. Columbo Is on the Case

The Columbo Collection by William Link Crippen & Landru Publishers Hardcover: ISBN-97...

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Q & A with Douglas Greene of C & L

Douglas Greene, übereditor and biographer, runs that fine publishing house known as Cripp...