Caroline: The precise appeal of golden age detective fiction is a tricky equation to solve, I find. These are books about violence and murder that we read for pleasure and relaxation. They tend to focus on a very narrow slice of society, the wealthy, and work with a small set
19 Mar 2025Leandra: In March of 1927, The Strand Magazine introduced a competition for its readers. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would select his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes short stories, and the fan who guessed the author’s list “most nearly” would win £100 and an autographed copy of his book, Memories and
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