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Death Comes at Christmas We are well under way with the annual Clothes in Books trope of Christmas in Books – seasonal scenes from random books, for no better reason...

Another Christmas-y mystery. Well, kind of: Gladys Mitchell didn't really do festive cheer, though her vintage (1936) Dead Men's Morris has been re-packaged as such. Pig farming and Morris dancing feature strongly... clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/deat...

Christmas Tree and Stella Gibbons We’re well into December, and into the annual Clothes in Books trope of Christmas in Books – seasonal scenes from random books, for no bet...

A wartime Christmas tree in a Stella Gibbons book, The Bachelor, with a houseful of very varied people who have ended up together. But which Gibbons book did we NOT like? And what is all this about chicken farming? clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/chri...

Reprint of the Year: Christianna Brand Every year, keen Golden Age fiction fans & bloggers take part in the Reprint of the Year award, where we nominate favourite books and reader...

I'm sliding in early with my Reprint of the Year nomination: Christianna Brand's Death in High Heels, a joyful debut set in a West End fashion shop. clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/repr...

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Thank you, once again, for another terrific review! 🙏🥰

Review by robinwalter - This Little Measure This sixth book in the Anthony Maitland series had a lot in common with its immediate predece...

4.25/5 @thestorygraph.com for "This Little Measure" the 6th @deanstpress.bsky.social Sara Woods reprint and book 7/10 for my #DeanStreetDecember This Little Measure is two: the number of characters I liked.
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Thank you so much for this marvellous review! 🙏🥰
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Thank you for this terrific review! 🙏🥰

Review by robinwalter - The Swinging Death Another very entertaining and intricate Bathurst outing. Probably one of my favourite yet, at ...

4/5 @thestorygraph.com for The Swinging Death by Brian Flynn book 6/10 for my #DeanStreetDecember An entertaining tale full of twists and tangles @deanstpress.bsky.social should have included a trigger warning for Inspector McMorran's icky personality flaw but🤣
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set in Snowy Places Where I live in Southern Ohio–not far from Rosemary Clooney’s [George’s aunt] hometown, Maysville, Kentucky, we’ve already had more snow than we have been having at this tim…

"Ok, ok, I LOVE Dean Street’s #FurrowedMiddlebrow books so much I’m slipping in a second one! Happy #DeanStreetDecember! There’s still time to read one and join the fun."
A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair #booksky #bookreview
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Review two for Dean Street December - Romilly Cavan - "Beneath the Visiting Moon" Books published in 1940, novels, genteel poverty, Dean Street Press, Furrowed Middlebrow

Review two for Dean Street December – Romilly Cavan – “Beneath the Visiting Moon” #deanstreetdecember2025 #bookreview #booksky @lyzzybee.bsky.social
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set in Snowy Places Where I live in Southern Ohio–not far from Rosemary Clooney’s [George’s aunt] hometown, Maysville, Kentucky, we’ve already had more snow than we have been having at this tim…

Winter and Rough Weather by D E Stevenson #bookreview #DeanStreetDecember2025 #FurrowedMiddlebrow hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/t...

Lovely film with David Niven🥰
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Review 2661: Dean Street December! Charlotte Fairlie When Charlotte Fairlie was a girl her relationship with her widowed father was close. Then he met someone, and she seemed to be nice, but as soon as they were married, she became jealous of Charlot…

Review 2661: Dean Street December! Charlotte Fairlie
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Book Review: Conspiracy at Angel (1947) by Brian Flynn #DeanStreetDecember I was kindly sent a review copy of this book by Victoria Eade at Dean Street Press for which my thanks. Conspiracy at Angel (1947) was my first foray into the works of Brian Flynn and I enjoyed mys…

"I’m certainly keen to explore more of Flynn’s titles"
Conspiracy at Angel by Brian Flynn #bookreview #DeanStreetDecember2025 @lyzzybee.bsky.social @puzzledoctor.bsky.social
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Cosy cover of Miss Plum and Miss Penny by Dorothy Evelyn Smith with a bed strewn with letters and a black cat at the window.

“The carollers sang on... and it was a relief to get back into the warmth, and have hot rum punch and mince pies waiting for them.” #FurrowedMiddlebrow #Christmas #booksky

I love this 😍 You're very talented. The theme could hardly fail to please!

YouTube video by Caro Arnett VLOGMAS 2025 🎄 All the Christmas Novels in My Collection 📚 Mysteries, middlebrow, and comfort reads

Wonderful Christmassy book list from Caro, featuring Miss Plum and Miss Penny by Dorothy Evelyn Smith - a #FurrowedMiddlebrow favourite - among some other terrific titles. #booksky
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Vintage style covers of Dean Street Press murder mystery titles: Run!, There May be Danger, Dangerous Curves, This Man is Dangerous, Danger at my Heels and Danger Calling.

Warning! Dangerously good mysteries! 🕵📚
It's #MurderEveryMonday and this week's theme is a crime fiction whose title indicates potential risk e.g. beware, warning, danger. #booksky
Not sure what #MurderEveryMonday is?
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The Dancing Bear The Dancing Bear - Kindle edition by Faviell, Frances. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Dancing Bear.

This week's free Kindle book #FreeTillFriday
The Dancing Bear by Frances Faviell
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Great choices! 👍🙏🥰

My first review for Dean Street December - Doris Langley Moore - "All Done by Kindness" Dean Street Press, Furrowed Middlebrow, 1951 novels, art

Many thanks @lyzzybee.bsky.social for this lovely review! 🙏🥰
Four Gardens by Margery Sharp #deanstreetdecember2025 #booksky
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Review by robinwalter - Death Comes to Cambers Another very satisfying outing for Bobby Owen. Like the previous five I've read, this was a ve...

Many thanks @unclerobin.bsky.social for this lovely review! 🙏
Death Comes to Cambers by E.R. Punshon #deanstreetdecember2025 #booksky #murdermystery
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Review by robinwalter - Denis Compton: The Authorised Biography The primary motivation for my reading this book was nostalgia. As a kid in the 70s, the name D...

Thank you @unclerobin.bsky.social for this lovely review 🙏
Denis Compton: The Authorised Biography by Tim Heald
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cover of ebook edition of "Sweet Danger" by Margery Allingham showing a golden tiara with three stars attached and blood spatters beside it

cover of "There May Be Danger" by Ianthe Jerrold, showing a woman with a frightened expression on her face as a shadowy hand reaches for her

There's no danger of my 2 entries for #MurderEveryMonday this week not qualifying: one from my favourite GAP, @deanstpress.bsky.social and one from my favourite GAQ, Allingham
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Thank you so much, Robin! 🥰🌟

Ten From Ten — Dean Street December IV It's December 2025 and Dean Street Press have once again given me something to celebrate. The wonderful Liz Dexter's   hosting a FOURTH ...

A biography I read largely in honour of my late father brought up the halfway mark in my #DeanStreetDecember - thanks for the trip down memory lane, @deanstpress.bsky.social
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Thank you so much for this wonderful review @lyzzybee.bsky.social ! 🙏🥰🌟

My first review for Dean Street December - Doris Langley Moore - "All Done by Kindness" Dean Street Press, Furrowed Middlebrow, 1951 novels, art

My first review for Dean Street December – Doris Langley Moore – “All Done by Kindness”
#DeanStreetDecember2025 #booksky
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