Review: TRIAL AND ERROR by Anthony Berkeley

Published by Arcturus Crime Classics ISBN: 978 1 84858 455 6 Arcturus Crime Classics have the worthy ambition to republish some of the brilliant writers from the 1920s and 1930s, the “golden age” of crime writing. The trouble is, of course, many people will not have heard of Anthony Berkeley and other people from his … Continue reading

REVIEW: MALICE AFORETHOUGHT by Francis Iles

Published by Macmillan Collectors Library  ISBN: 978 1509 889 365 price £9.99 Of all the writers of the golden age one of those who appeals to me most of all is the fellow I like to think of his ABC, his real name was Anthony Berkeley Cox. He wrote under the name Anthony Berkeley and … Continue reading

Review: BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER by Roger Bax

Published by Arcturus Crime Classics; ISBN: 978 1 84858 080 0 I have recently discovered more of the golden age crime writers, and although this is a little late to be a true golden age novel (it was first published in 1948), it was written by one of the founders of the Crime Writers’ Association, … Continue reading

THE LATE SCHOLAR by Jill Paton Walsh

ISBN 978 1 444 76087 3 Paperback £8.99 I have always been a huge fan of the classic crime stories. When I was very young I devoured Sherlock Holmes, whose only failing was, so far as I could see, that he didn’t have more adventures. While I have read some continuation stories by other writers, … Continue reading