Ahh, the comfortable middle ground.
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#1027: Little Fictions – ‘The Red-Headed League’ (1891) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
#1024: Little Fictions – ‘A Case of Identity’ (1891) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
#1021: Little Fictions – ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’ (1891) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Today begins a long-range project in which I work through the 56 canonical short stories featuring Mr. Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle…some of which I haven’t read in over 20 years. I’m fascinated by Holmes, especially when he is as his creator made him, and, while I doubt I’ll have anything new to say, I intend to enjoy rereading him from first to last.
Continue reading#1008: Minor Felonies – Sabotage on the Solar Express (2022) by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman [ill. Elisa Paganelli]
If the genre’s Golden Age had one commendable attribute, it’s that there was no pressure to outdo previous entries in a series by going bigger, louder, or more preposterous with each successive entry.
Continue reading#1005: Minor Felonies – Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: Peril at Owl Park (2020) by Marthe Jocelyn
This second entry in Marthe Jocelyn’s Aggie Morton series — featuring juvenile sleuths inspired by both Agatha Christie and her arguably most famous creation Hercule Poirot — contains much of the charm that made the series opener stand out, but also falls down in ways that leave me a little underwhelmed.
Continue reading#1002: Minor Felonies – The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage (1954) by Enid Blyton
#998: Minor Felonies – Panda-Monium (2017) by Stuart Gibbs
I was very much looking forward to celebrating this review as my one hundredth post tagged as a juvenile mystery, making a full century of detective fiction for younger readers on this blog. But then it turns out that this is, like, the 104th and the one hundredth was Peak Peril (2022) by Sharna Jackson back in July. So. Onwards and upwards.
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The Invisible Event 