Review index
A list of all 61 books I’ve discussed on this site, alphabetically by author then title. Starred titles are those I rated as 5/5. Short story collections and non-fiction are at the end of the list.
Ayatsuji, Yukito
The Labyrinth House Murders (1988)
Benson, E.F.
The Luck of the Vails (1901)
Benson, Godfrey
Tracks in the Snow (1906)
Blake, Nicholas
The Beast Must Die (1938) ⭐
Bude, John
A Telegram from Le Touquet (1956)
Cain, James
Double Indemnity (1936/1943) ⭐
Carnac, Carol
Impact of Evidence (1954)
Carr, John Dickson
The Black Spectacles (1939) ⭐
The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941) ⭐
Hag’s Nook (1933)
The Hollow Man (1935) ⭐
The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940)
The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939)
To Wake the Dead (1938)
Christie, Agatha
The A.B.C. Murders (1936) ⭐
The Big Four (1927)
Elephants Can Remember (1972)
The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940)
Collins, Wilkie
The Woman in White (1860)
Compton, Guy
Medium for Murder (1963)
Crofts, Freeman Wills
12.30 from Croydon (1934) ⭐
Doyle, Arthur Conan
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
Farmer, Bernard J.
Death of a Bookseller (1956)
Ferguson, John
Death of Mr Dodsley (1937)
Freeman, R. Austin
The Eye of Osiris (1911)
Gallie, Menna
Strike for a Kingdom (1959) ⭐
Gilbert, Michael
Death in Captivity (1952)
Smallbone Deceased (1950)
Holmes, Rupert
Murder Your Employer (2023) ⭐
Horniman, Roy
Israel Rank (1907)
Horowitz, Anthony
The Word is Murder (2017) ⭐
Hull, Richard
Keep It Quiet (1936)
Last First (1947)
Left-Handed Death (1946)
Murder Isn’t Easy (1936) ⭐
The Murder of My Aunt (1934) ⭐
Hume, Fergus
The Bishop’s Secret (1900)
Iles, Francis
Malice Aforethought (1931) ⭐
Jepson, Edgar
Arsène Lupin (1909)
Kelly, Mary
A Cold Coming (1956)
Levin, Ira
A Kiss Before Dying (1953) ⭐
Mason, A. E. W.
At the Villa Rose (1910)
Mead, Tom
Death and the Conjuror (2022) ⭐
The Indian Rope Trick and Other Violent Entertainments (2024)
Melville, Alan
Quick Curtain (1934) ⭐
Rinehart, Mary Roberts
The Circular Staircase (1908)
Rosenkrantz, Palle
The Forest Lake Mystery (1903)
Sayers, Dorothy
The Nine Tailors (1934) ⭐
Stevenson, Benjamin
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (2022) ⭐
Thorogood, Robert
Murder in the Caribbean (2018) ⭐
Wallace, Edgar
The Four Just Men (1905)
White, Ethel Lina
Blackout and Other Tales of Suspense (2025)
Fear Stalks the Village (1932)
Some Must Watch (1933) ⭐
Whitechurch, Victor
Canon in Residence (1904)
Short story collections
Crimes of Cymru (British Library, 2023) ⭐
Ellery Queen’s Murder Menu (1969)
Non-fiction
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman (Lucy Worsley, 2022) ⭐
Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert in Wickedness (Mark Aldridge, 2024) ⭐
Writing the Murder: Essays on Crafting Crime Fiction (Dead Ink Books, 2024)