Month: June 2020

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JYrS8_orubE%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent The other day, Husband played a CD of Borodin’s 2nd String Quartet. We have been listening to a lot of chamber music lately, and this is a CD we had for a while but hadn’t played before. I had never heard this quartet before. When the 2nd movement, (Scherzo) of the quartet played, I… Continue reading Melodic Mystery — Trail Baboon

There are always brick walls in family research, sometimes you hit them surprisingly early on. via A woman of mystery — The life of B

Hey there, how’s it going? Great beard by the way. It is nice to see someone else outside, even if you can’t talk back. Just kidding, as you can see above I wasn’t the only one outside. This was taken a month back, the two people in the background happy to just walk right by […]… Continue reading The mystery is a motivator — One Chance to See the World

‘A corpse in a blood-soaked room; a locked door and a locked window; a masked man; a beautiful girl trussed inside a wardrobe; and now a pretender to the throne! This is superb!’ Mr Verity, general know-it-all and master sleuth was walking to the beach for a spot of bathing when he saw a man […]… Continue reading The Woman In The Wardrobe (1951) by Peter Shaffer — In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Laurence “Boodle” Raikes, the finest schoolboy batsman in the land played for Remenham, and Richard “Dick” Templeton, the finest bowler, played for Lanham – until for some reason, just before their final year of school, their fathers transferred them to the prestigious private school of Trinket. But while Templeton settles into life (and the cricket […]… Continue reading Tragedy at Trinket (1934) by Brian Flynn — In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

“Ten names, ten probable occupations; ten addresses. Scattered to hell and gone all over the kingdom…” Adrian Messenger has a list, which he passes to a friend at Scotland Yard without any explanation – just a request that information is collated on those names. Messenger implies that something terrible is afoot, but he needs time […]… Continue reading The List Of Adrian Messenger (1959) by Philip MacDonald — In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

“And if a man prevail against that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not easily broken.” Ecclesiastes, Chapter Four, Verse 12. Inspector Knollis was not usually one to be bothered with minor incidents, but the murder of a budgerigar and a cat, both with a piece of blue cord tied […]… Continue reading The Threefold Cord (1947) by Francis Vivian — In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

June 1933, Torquay. Kitty Underhay has been placed in charge of her grandmother’s hotel, one of the oldest buildings on the southwest coast of England. Her grandmother is heading away, despite a number of threatening letters that seem to imply that Kitty is in danger. At least her grandmother enlists ex-Captain Matthew Bryant as a […]… Continue reading Murder At The Dolphin Hotel (2019) by Helena Dixon — In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

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