Thanks to the recommendations you have sent my way, I have compiled the following watch list for my new Britbox subscription: Death in Paradise – beloved of the Puzzle Doctor, recommended by many - I watched several Season One eps when the show was on Netflix, but I’m willing to take a deeper dive . . … Continue reading MY YEAR WITH BRITBOX: The Clergyman in the Cathedral with the Candlestick . . .
MY YEAR WITH BRITBOX: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
Perhaps you’ve heard me complain (of course you have) about the current state of pay-TV. In my day (cue the cliched old-person talk), watching television cost you nothing. Sure, there were only twelve channels (fourteen, if you could convince your little brother to maneuver the antenna back and forth while you tried to watch Shock Theatre on Channel 44). And … Continue reading MY YEAR WITH BRITBOX: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
ACDC, PART TWELVE: (Thumbs) Up Periscope for Nine- and Death Makes Ten
Considering how much I have loved John Dickson Carr for the past fifty years, it never ceases to baffle me that I purposefully, and with extreme prejudice, decided to ignore the work of one Carter Dickson. It was nothing more than a childish whim, one that in 2018 I began to rectify by tackling the … Continue reading ACDC, PART TWELVE: (Thumbs) Up Periscope for Nine- and Death Makes Ten
SHAME ON YOU: Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once on Netflix
After watching the gripping and intelligent A Murder at the End of the World on Hulu, I was hungry for more. I went through every streaming service I have been suckered into paying for in search of another mystery series to while away the hours of a stormy winter night. I discovered that Netflix had dropped their latest … Continue reading SHAME ON YOU: Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once on Netflix
KRIMES FOR KIDS, SOUTHERN STYLE: Three Times Lucky
Easily the best part of Christmas for me these days is the package I receive from my Secret Santa! We’ve been playing this game for a few years now, my blogging friends and me, and even though sometimes it feels like we’ve all read everything to do with classic mysteries, and even though our financial limit on … Continue reading KRIMES FOR KIDS, SOUTHERN STYLE: Three Times Lucky
THE RATHBONE/BRUCE SHERLOCK HOLMES SUPER DRAFT
I can count three days among my favorites of 2023. There was April 23, when my buddies Nick Cardillo and Sergio Angelini competitively collaborated with me to put together our list of The Thirteen Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies of all time. Nobody came to blows – it helps to put several thousand miles between you … Continue reading THE RATHBONE/BRUCE SHERLOCK HOLMES SUPER DRAFT
CHRISTIE ADJACENT: The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an Agatha Christie uber-fan who decides to write his own mystery will be influenced by the Queen of Crime. Kemper Donovan, host of the Christie-centered podcast All About Agatha, has himself acknowledged this regarding The Busy Body, his second novel but first full-fledged whodunnit. Indeed, I could share some of … Continue reading CHRISTIE ADJACENT: The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan
AND THEN THERE WAS MURDER IS EASY
I know, I know! I promised a bit less Agatha Christie this year! Let’s just call the next two posts “Christie Adjacent!” First things first: in an act of kindness (which he regarded as cruelty!), my friend Scott from overseas made it possible for me to be one of the first Americans to watch the … Continue reading AND THEN THERE WAS MURDER IS EASY
A TALE OF ICE AND FIRE: Murder at the End of the World
Okay, I’m a little embarrassed! There I was, writing up my end of year retrospective, setting my goals for ’24, and then figuring I’d rest up for the last few days of this year before getting back to the ol’ blog slog! But I wasn’t counting on the appearance of a nifty little murder mystery … Continue reading A TALE OF ICE AND FIRE: Murder at the End of the World
BRADLEY’S BEST OF ’23 AND A PEEK AT ’24
Some book blogger I am! My three compatriots, Kate Jackson (Cross Examining Crime), Steve “Puzzle Doctor” Barge (In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel) and Jim “JJ” Noy (The Invisible Event) managed three hundred reads between them this year, and while Kate has a slight edge on the boys (she read 115 of those books), they’re all … Continue reading BRADLEY’S BEST OF ’23 AND A PEEK AT ’24
Ah Sweet Mystery! 