Tag: John Bude

• The Cornish Coast Murder

  THE Reverend Dodd, Vicar of St. Michael’s-on-the-Cliff, and his old friend Dr Pendrill are enthusiastic afficionados of detective novels. Each week they order six books from the library, which are delivered in a wooden crate tied with string. I love that detail, but did libraries really do this I wonder? And was it a public…

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  December 29, 2021

  20thC, British Library Crime Classics, Crime, Novels

  John Bude, The Cornish Coast Mystery

• The Cheltenham Square Murder

  Sticking with squares, can I recommend The Cheltenham Square Murder, which is one of those lovely ‘forgotten’ books from the British Library Crime Classics. Originally published in 1937, it was written by John Bude, whose work I always enjoy, with a nice introduction by the wonderfully knowledgeable Martin Edwards, and it kept me turning the…

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  February 2, 2021

  21stC, Crime, Novels

  #ReadIndies, British Library Crime Classics, John Bude, Martin Edwards, Read Independent Publishers Month, The Chelteham Square Murder