Classic Mysteries
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Sinopsis
Short reviews of classic mystery novels and stories that are worth reading and re-reading.
Episodios
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"The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh," edited & introduced by Douglas G. Greene
13/07/2020 Duración: 05minNgaio Marsh is best known for her novels about Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn. This collection features short fiction - some with Alleyn, some with other characters, and most are likely to be unfamiliar to her fans..
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"The Triple Bite," by Brian Flynn
06/07/2020 Duración: 05minOn the Classic Mysteries podcast this week, a mysterious cryptogram, sudden death - and a shocking way to commit murder.
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"Death and Letters," by Elizabeth Daly
28/06/2020 Duración: 04minHenry Gamadge puts together a daring rescue for a woman held a virtual prisoner by her family. What was the secret worth killing for?
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"Sinister Stones," by Arthur Upfield
21/06/2020 Duración: 06mina murder in the Australian outback - and DI Napoleon Bonaparte - Bony - is on the case. Arthur Upfield's "Sinister Stones" reviewed.
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"The Body Politic," by Catherine Aird
15/06/2020 Duración: 05minAnother of Catherine Aird's witty 'Calleshire Chronicles" mysteries with Inspector Sloan and company.
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"Murder Within Murder," by Frances and Richard Lockridge
07/06/2020 Duración: 05minMiss Amanda Gipson was a fine researcher to investigate old murders. But what if an old killing made a new one necessary? Pam and Jerry North investigate a possible murder within a murder.
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"Judge Dee at Work," by Robert Van Gulik
31/05/2020 Duración: 06minEight fascinating short stories about cases investigated and solved by Judge Dee, a magistrate (and later court official) in T'ang Dynasty China during the 7th century.
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"The Night of the Wolf," by Paul Halter
25/05/2020 Duración: 04min"But that's impossible!" Or maybe not. Not when the story you're reading comes from Paul Halter, a modern French author with a gift for impossible crime stories. Ten short stories by Halter, translated by John Pugmire. Savor the (im)possibilities.
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"The Sybil in Her Grave," by Sarah Caudwell
18/05/2020 Duración: 06minWhen a small group of neighbors is getting successful stock tips from a self-styled "psychic," sudden death may not be quite as accidental as you think.
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"The Case of the Counterfeit Colonel," by Christopher Bush
10/05/2020 Duración: 04minHenry Clandon wanted to hire Ludovic Travers to find the war hero who saved his life. But there were a few obstacles - including murder.
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"The Case of the Flowery Corpse," by Christopher Bush
03/05/2020 Duración: 05minLudovic Travers was nearly run off the road by a car driven by a man dying of atropine poisoning. But Ludo - and the police - found that the deeper they dug into a case of murder, the more bizarre the clues became.
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"Death in Fancy Dress," by Anthony Gilbert
26/04/2020 Duración: 05minA blackmailer is driving victims to suicide when they cannot meet payment demands in this classic country house mystery from a top author of the Golden Age.
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"Evil Under the Sun," by Agatha Christie
19/04/2020 Duración: 04minThe beauty of Arlena Stuart Marshall moved nearly everyone she met either to love her or to hate her. When passion exploded into murder, only Hercule Poirot could explain what had happened.
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"Inspector French and the Starvel Hollow Tragedy," by Freeman Wills Crofts
13/04/2020 Duración: 04minWhen a fire destroys Starvel House, trapping and killing three people, it seems like a terrible accident. But when Inspector French arrives from Scotland Yard, he finds evidence that points to murder.
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"Maigret and the Saturday Caller," by Georges Simenon
05/04/2020 Duración: 04minThe man who followed him home was a stranger to Maigret - but his secret could lead to murder.
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"Puzzle for Players," by Patrick Quentin
30/03/2020 Duración: 05minThe show must go on - but will it be overshadowed by the murders offstage?
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"Death in Captivity," by Michael Gilbert
23/03/2020 Duración: 06minA man is found murdered in a hidden escape tunnel being built under an Italian POW camp during World War II.
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"Four Strange Women," by E.R. Punshon
15/03/2020 Duración: 05minYoung men were dying for no apparent cause. But each had told friends they were deeply in love with someone. Was that love leading those men to a lonely and unexplained death?
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"Murder en Route," by Brian Flynn
09/03/2020 Duración: 05minThe victim was all alone on the upper deck of a double decker bus, despite the pouring rain. But when they got to the end of the line, the victim was dead - strangled. Impossible? Maybe not...
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"Death of a Frightened Editor, by E. & M.A.. Radford
02/03/2020 Duración: 06minThe editor of a gossip-filled newspaper is murdered - but how did the killer manage to poison him?