Tag Archives: mystery

I, the Constable

Posted on November 14, 2017 by smellincoffee

I, the Constable© 2017 Paula M. Block and Terry Erdmann150 pages Deep Space Nine once made a throwaway reference to the Mike Hammer novels of Mickey Spillane,  and featured Constable Odo reading I, the Jury.  I, the Constable,  plays with that … Continue reading →

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The Black Ice

Posted on September 12, 2017 by smellincoffee

The Black Ice© 1993 Michael Connelly336 pages A body discovered in a sleazy motel on Christmas Eve connects a handful of otherwise dead cases, and sets Detective Harry Bosch against his own department, culminating in the pursuit of a half-chance … Continue reading →

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The Big Sleep

Posted on March 20, 2017 by smellincoffee

The Big Sleep© 1939 Raymond Chandler277 pages A dying old man who lives in a greenhouse, sustained only by its heat and the fear of his children shaming the family,  has summoned Philip Marlowe for a job. The family is … Continue reading →

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Murder at Fenway Park

Posted on September 3, 2016 by smellincoffee

Murder at Fenway Park© 1994 Troy Soos252 pages 1912, Boston. The Titanic is only a few weeks lost to the North Atlantic bottom, but Mickey Rawling’s mind isn’t on one of the biggest maritime disasters of history. No, he’s just been … Continue reading →

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Killer Blondes and Killer Wheat

Posted on August 29, 2016 by smellincoffee

A few weeks ago I read Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man, a murder-mystery from the same Pinkerton agent turned author who produced The Maltese Falcon.   I was sold by the opening line: I was leaning against the bar in a … Continue reading →

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Airframe

Posted on August 7, 2016 by smellincoffee

Airframe© 1995 Michael Crichton352 pages What could happen on a plane to leave three people dead, fifty others seriously wounded, and the passenger cabin in ruins?   Why did its pilot only break radio silence shortly before he was due … Continue reading →

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Posted on April 26, 2016 by smellincoffee

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes256 pages© 1894 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Has it been five years since I read a Holmes collection? I remember picking up Memoirs shortly after reading The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, not nothing that Memoirs was published well … Continue reading →

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Murder on the Orient Express

Posted on April 16, 2016 by smellincoffee

Murder on the Orient Express© 1934 Agatha Christie256 pages “Why does everyone on this train tell lies?!” A dark and snowy night; the Orient Express, rolling from Istanbul to Paris, slows to a stop in the wilderness, trapped by the … Continue reading →

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The Lady from Zagreb

Posted on October 6, 2015 by smellincoffee

The Lady from Zagreb© 2015 Phillip Kerr432 pages             Bernie Gunther was an ordinary police detective in wild, wonderful Weimar until Germany’s economy collapsed and fringe parties swept into power. His police department absorbed by the … Continue reading →

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Foul Deeds will Rise

Posted on September 22, 2015 by smellincoffee

Foul Deeds Will Rise© 2014 Greg Cox384 pages             A galaxy can be a small world. When James T. Kirk attended a performance of The Tempest put on by volunteers nursing refugees in the middle of … Continue reading →

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