It Walks By Night
Being the Beginning of Bencolin I’m one to obsess a bit about my To Be Read stack – not just the three or four books that will be read next, but the order of the entire stack(s). I like to read a mix...
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Egyptian curses, notorious hangmen, phantom cars, and gallows on a street that doesn’t exist….eh, sorry, but it just didn’t really do too much for me. Although a decent read, this probably finds its...
View ArticleCastle Skull
Poor Castle Skull. How it lingered for months in the top five of my To Be Read list, only to be displaced multiple times by various events. The arrival of The Burning Court. The lure of Till Death...
View ArticleThe Corpse in the Waxworks
For some reason, I’ve never felt drawn to The Corpse in the Waxworks. In part, it was my knowledge that it doesn’t feature an impossible crime. Couple that with the back of the book jacket...
View ArticleThe Four False Weapons
Having worked through the Bencolin books in order, I’ve now reached the final destination – The Four False Weapons. Carr’s final outing with the detective comes not in a continuous run with his first...
View ArticleBeing the End of Bencolin
I’ve documented my obsession with reading order before. John Dickson Carr has books covering all sorts of ranges – various detectives (Bencolin, Fell, Merrivale, non-series), subgenres (historical,...
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