golden age mystery
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Sergeant, you must send a man at once! There’s a burglar in my house, and how he’s dead, because I hit him with my poker! But one can kill burglars, surely? A historical mystery with a Golden Age feel, set in 1935 in London. Spinster artist Felicia Adams surprises a burglar in her home, and…
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“If I waited for permission, we’d never solve anything.”“Yes, he said darkly, “but we might live longer.” Ad/PR. Book 4 in The Detection Club series. Many thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for this ARC, publication date Jun 24, 2026. Agatha Christie is getting married. To avoid publicity and scandal, she is having her bans…
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The magnanimous patriarch, the gracious widow, the glittering professional, the glamorous vamp, the girlish ingénue… Colonel Hadrian Russell is an institution in the Britannia, keeping court in the London club where he is presiding as acting club president. Almost as famous as the Colonel are his four sons’ widows, Lady Alice, forever in widow’s black,…
Mostly Murders 