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Avid mystery fiction book blogger at classicmystery.blog - rediscoverer of Brian Flynn
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Book of the Month time - and it’s two in a row for @antonyjohnston.bsky.social classicmystery.blog/2025/04/30/t...

Continuing my weekly series featuring books from my collection that need to be read & deserve to be shouted about, they are all fantastic reads, hunt them down, The John Tyler series of thrillers by D L Marshal #BooksYouNeedToRead @dlmarshall.bsky.social

“Absolutely marvellous… streets ahead of most of the ‘BLANKETY BLANK DETECTIVE’ books out there and definitely one to look out for” Great review of The Dog Sitter Detective!

New review - a must-read for fans of classic mysteries, cosy mysteries, dogs... and anyone else, I suppose. #BookSky #ClassicMystery #CosyMystery @antonyjohnston.bsky.social classicmystery.blog/2025/04/27/t...

Next on the blog - the debut Dog Sitter mystery from @antonyjohnston.bsky.social

The Mercy Chair is the next installment in the Washington Poe series. Poe has a story to tell about the mercy chair & why people would rather kill themselves than talk about it...   Discover the longlist and cast your vote 👉 https://bit.ly/TOPAwards25 @mwcraven.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social

My thoughts on recent @netflix.com mystery show The Residence. Basically, it's really, really good classicmystery.blog/2025/04/22/d...

Oops, forgot I had a post scheduled for this morning, so lucky you, it's a double blog day! Here's a new release - This Is Not A Game by Kelly Mullen #BookSky #Mystery classicmystery.blog/2025/04/21/t...

A re-read of one of the most important books in developing my crime fiction obsession - and it's still fantastic! #BookSky #Mystery #ThreeInvestigators classicmystery.blog/2025/04/21/t...

The Darkest Sin, the second Cesare Aldo book, from @dvbishop.com #BookSky #historymystery classicmystery.blog/2025/04/20/t...

Another great Perry Mason review from @ahsweetmystery.bsky.social ahsweetmystery.com/2025/04/17/i...

Well #DoctorWho was rather fantastic tonight, wasn't it?

Off to Scandinavia for an atypical outing for Sir Abercrombie Lewker (unless you’ve read his obscure first three appearances that is…) #BookSky #classicmystery classicmystery.blog/2025/04/18/l...

Presenting the only (as far as I can tell) review on the internet of the ultra rare When The Devil Was Sick by Carol Carnac aka ECR Lorac... #BookSky #ClassicMystery classicmystery.blog/2025/04/17/w...

Easter holidays so it's time for a trip to the Bodleian. Keep your eyes peeled on classicmystery.blog for the only review on the internet of a title from a popular Golden Age author #BookSky #GoldenAge #MysteryFiction

A sneak preview ot the cover of our new edition of Men For Pieces by Brian Flynn - complete with brilliant intro by Steve Barge - out in July! #crimefiction #reprint #comingsoon #booksky #HintHint @puzzledoctor.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Men-Pieces-A...

A re-read of the book that introduced me to one of my favourite writers and ignited a passion for history - Nightshade by Paul Doherty. NB also includes a cracking locked room murder! #BookSky #historymystery #lockedroom classicmystery.blog/2025/04/16/n...

Reissued now by American Mystery Classics - although v hard to find in the U.K. #BookSky #ClassicMystery #CrimeFiction classicmystery.blog/2025/04/15/m...

A great historical mystery from the pen of the late, great Peter Lovesey - it's murder in the Moulin Rouge! classicmystery.blog/2025/04/14/b...

Time to share some reviews from my blogging buddies - first u from @mysteriesahoy.bsky.social mysteriesahoy.com/2025/04/04/m...

My Top Ten Mysteries From The 1940s #BookSky #ClassicCrime #ClassicMystery #GoldenAge classicmystery.blog/2025/04/13/t...

Reviews incoming on the blog - Murder By The Clock by Rufus King, Nightshade by Paul Doherty and Bertie and the Crime Of Passion by Paul Doherty. And whatever I read on the plane home... #BookSky #mystery

RIP Peter Lovesey. Only met him once but was utterly charming and one of the great modern crime writers. Here's a link to my spoiler-free review of one of my favourites from him #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2018/07/01/b...

Sneak peak at one of our five new Brian Flynn edition covers - publication in July! #comingsoon #murdermystery #crimefiction @puzzledoctor.bsky.social

"You people who never want for a few pounds don't realise what it is to be in debt year after year and to see little chance of ever getting out. To be forced to borrow for anything special because you have no margin." #BrianFlynn @puzzledoctor.bsky.social www.deanstreetpress.co.uk/pages/book_p...

Vera Wong's Guide To Snooping (On A Dead Man) by Jesse Sutanto classicmystery.blog/2025/04/07/v... via @puzzledoctor.bsky.social

New review - Vera Wong's Guide To Snooping (On A Dead Man) by Jesse Sutanto, out this Thursday #BookSky #CosyCrime classicmystery.blog/2025/04/07/v...

A classic mystery from a classic (if under-read) author - Beware Your Neighbour by Miles Burton #BookSky #GoldenAge #ClassicMystery classicmystery.blog/2025/04/04/b...