Probably my favourite tale of murder to come out of the interbellum period.
Sure, I suppose you COULD jump-start the Second Coming ... but how friendly would YOU be to the dude who rolled you out of bed at three in the morning and loudly insisted you come over to his place, like, RIGHT NOW?
And then, around 1910, the hobble skirt came into fashion; which made it not just difficult, but actually impossible to run in. I remember reading an account of the Tsarina Aleksandra laughing at a lady-in-waiting for wearing one, because "let's see you run in that!"
I know they were also discouraged from riding bicycles! Because bicycles gave them a scope for travel that mere legwork did not.
... though, as I understand it, the British don't default to "military veteran" when they hear "veteran", as the Americans do.
James Herriot's stint in WW2 makes him a vet who's also a vet.
Said this once, gonna say it again.
If you're gonna clutch your pearls, you're gonna need a reason ...
(Repost) We all know that libraries are a good thing, yeah? Some thoughts on the social effects of injecting hope into depressed urban societies ...
ICE BREAKING APART!
Here's a peek into Eric Peterkin's head (or, at least, his journal) in the days just before A Pretender's Murder ...
Happy release day to @misericordius.bsky.social for A PRETENDER'S MURDER! www.crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?...
ONE DAY MORE before A Pretender's Murder officially releases into the wild!
Writing a mixed-race main character in a Golden Age mystery means researching racial tensions in post-WW1 Britain.
(Most of the images used here come from The Mixed Museum, which is well worth the look: mixedmuseum.org.uk)
Writing Beyond the Fields You Know: Guest Post #ChristopherHuang #crimefiction mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2026/02/writ...
Can they bring it up to prison spec? I mean, house arrest is a thing, so maybe imprisonment in the Tower can be done the same way?
I just want the Tower to stand as a continuing reminder that even the royal family is not above the law.
I must admit, I will be a little sad if Mountbatten-Windsor's prison isn't the Tower of London. It's TRADITION, dammit.
As a Canadian, I find myself unreasonably pleased with this one little detail about the upcoming book. (24 FEBRUARY, GUYS! Less than a week to go!)
Today I learned that, in Italian, "winter" is "inverno" while "hell" is "inferno". Which means that faulty Italian pronunciation could potentially make hell freeze over.
Silly numbers through history ...
ONE WEEK TO GO! We see a lot of front covers, but how about this back cover for A PRETENDER'S MURDER? Many thanks to Martin Edwards (@martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social) and S.A. Cosby (@blacktopkid.bsky.social) for the kind words. (go read their books)
I'm not sure if I will ever understand people who can crack an egg and throw away the shell without first running a finger around the inside of the shell to extract all the egg still stuck there.
Look what the postman dropped off today. Also: TWO MORE WEEKS TO LAUNCH! Tell your friendly neighbourhood bookstore!
(To be fair, I don't think Canada does that either. I mean, while I do have a Canadian certificate of citizenship card, that might just be an immigration thing.)
Americans, please tell me: does your government issue picture ID to ALL eligible voters? For free, and not just to those who can drive?
