Chief Inspector Littlejohn #18,#35 by George Bellairs

Dead March for Penelope Blow Since I was on a roll, I thought I would tackle multiple Bellairs that I had on my shelf. The narrative begins with an intriguing premise. Penelope Blow has been trying to meet Inspector Littlejohn, unsuccessfully. She paints a very pitiful picture and definitely evoked my sympathies. The author conveys…

Death Stops the Frolic by George Bellairs

The title is very apt, with the death in the story stopping the frolic that members of a church were indulging in (much to the distaste of quite a few of the members). The victim was a man who had enough time on his hands to pick fights with everyone in town.The extreme physical descriptions,…

Death at the President’s Lodging (Sir John Appleby #1) by Michael Innes

It took me a long time to read this slim volume. It was a hectic time that I tried to squeeze this in, and it is not meant to be read in the speed that I did. I know this for a fact because there were times when I slowed down and realised I was…

The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White

This is one of the books suggested to me which I listed in Books I was recommended. It was one of the last batch of books I got from the HK library. I had not heard of this book or seen it on the screen in any form. The start of the book was slow going.…

Dead Men Don’t Ski (Inspector Henry Tibbett Mystery #1) by Patricia Moyes

This is yet another book which my library luckily had in the older non-Christie category. They do not have the rest in order but given the abrupt introduction of our investigator Henry Tibbett, I do not think it should matter if I read it out of order. As I read more books by older women…

He’d Rather Be Dead by George Bellairs

I have only read one other book by this author, and I had not previously stumbled onto the reason why a few of my blogging friends (Rekha @Book Decoder) to be particular were so fond of Bellairs. I think I finally found the attraction.  I have to begin with the fact that struck me the…

The Long Farewell by Michael Innes

I have read and enjoyed one previous work by the author, Death on a Quiet Day, and I was happy to try another by the author. After my last read, I was a little apprehensive when I saw how much the first chapter leaned into Shakespeare. My next to nothing knowledge on the topic made me…

The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin

Some time ago, I started a page with the recommendations Kate @ Cross Examining Crime and requested a lot of books from my library (8 is the limit, but I am ignoring that for the glory of an exaggeration). This was the first that I managed to get my hands on. Quite understandably, it has been…