Among the passengers traveling in thick fog on The Runaway Bus to an airport is someone who has masterminded a robbery of gold bullion. But which of them is the culprit? Margaret Rutherford and Petula Clark are among the costars. The director and writer is Val Guest.
Featuring History of Mystery/Detective Fiction and Other Literary Ramblings of Elizabeth Foxwell
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Monday, February 25, 2019
Archives on the Air: Robert Bloch.
Overlook Press's 2010 edition of Robert Bloch's Psycho (1959) |
Monday, February 18, 2019
Archives on the Air: Ernest Tidyman.
Dynamite Entertainment's 2016 edition of Ernest Tidyman's Shaft (1970) |
And in case you want to sing along...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Bombay Mail (1934).
Brandon Hurst, Shirley Grey, Jameson Thomas, and Edmund Lowe in Bombay Mail |
Monday, February 11, 2019
Coming in June: A new biography of John Buchan.
Due out in June from Bloomsbury is Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by writer Ursula Buchan (John's granddaughter), who wishes to show the many sides of the Scottish author, barrister, civil servant, diplomat, journalist, politician, and creator of thriller hero Richard Hannay and barrister Edward Leithen.
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019
Unpublished Story (1942).
In Unpublished Story, reporters Richard Greene and Valerie Hobson uncover a Nazi plot amid the London blitz.
Monday, February 04, 2019
The return of Ruth the Betrayer.
Valancourt Books has reissued Ruth the Betrayer; or the Female Spy by Edward Ellis (aka Charles Henry Ross)—possibly the first novel with a female detective—which appeared as a serial in 1862–63 and has been out of print for 150 years. Edited by Dagni A. Bredesen, a previous contributor to Clues, the book with the enterprising Ruth Trail tips the scales at more than 1000 pages.
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