Monthly Archives: January 2011

Cohen, Paula Marantz (2010) What Alice Knew

The brilliant American novelist, Henry James, and his brother, the philosopher and psychologist, William James, had a sister named Alice, who has become famous in her own right as a diarist. Alice achieved fame only years after her death, as … Continue reading

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Van Dine, S. S. (1927) The “Canary” Murder Case

On a whim, I’ve signed up for a reading challenge at a web site for mystery lovers. The challenge is to read 16 vintage mysteries, written before 1960, and many of those will be reviewed here. Many of the readers … Continue reading

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