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The Adventure of the Two Collaborators: The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954), by John Dickson Carr and Adrian Conan Doyle

"He's Dead but He Won't Lie Down!" Carter Dickson's The Cavalier's Cup (1953)

Bled on the Bayou: Papa La-bas (1968) and The Ghosts' High Noon (1969), by John Dickson Carr

Telephone Line: Twenty Plus Two (1961), by Frank Gruber and its 1961 film adaptation

Red Flag! Miss Brown of X.Y.O. (1927), by E. Phillips Oppenheim

End of an Era: Peter Lovesey (1936-2025)

Plain Jane: Death Comes to Pemberley (2011), by PD James

Black bird scheming in the dead of night: 95 Years with The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett

Rocked Out: Some Lie and Some Die (1973) by Ruth Rendell

Died on the Vine: The Child's Child (2012), by Barbara Vine

Quoth the Ravens, "Nevermore!": An Unkindness of Ravens (1985), by Ruth Rendell

Shiver and be Gay: No Night is Too Long (1994), by Barbara Vine

Return within Thirty Days: The Birthday Present (2008), by Barbara Vine

And Then There Were Nuns: The Religious Body (1966), by Catherine Aird

RIP Catherine Aird (1930-2024), Silver Age Crime Queen

Not a Nice to Place to Visit--and You Might End up Dying There: Pop 1280 (1964) by Jim Thompson

The Art of the Grift: The Grifters (1963), by Jim Thompson

Killing Kindness: The Lenient Beast (1956) by Fredric Brown

Brownie Points A Fredric Brown Review Roundup: Night of the Jabberwock (1950)

Spirit Messages from MAGA World: The Surly Sullen Bell/Lost Lake (1962), by Russell Kirk

Brown Study: Correcting Some of the Biographical Details on Fredric Brown

Noir Weekend Benders I--Scream Queen: The Screaming Mimi (1949), Fredric Brown

Silver Sundays: CozyNoir? Out of the Past (1953), by Patricia Wentworth

A Trifle too Unlimited: Detection Unlimited (1953), by Georgette Heyer

Sundays with Miss Silver: Make New Friends, but Keep the Old, One is Silver.... The Chinese Shawl (1943), by Patricia Wentworth