The Locked Room: Classic Mysteries in Review

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

If A Body Meet A Body, George Malcolm-Smith

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Eighty Million Eyes, Ed McBain




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Monday, July 13, 2015

The Glimpses of the Moon, Edmund Crispin


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Friday, July 10, 2015

Case of the Late Pig, Margery Allingham


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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Murder is an Art, Michael Innes


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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Cat of Many Tails, Ellery Queen


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Monday, June 22, 2015

Death and the Dancing Footman, Ngaio Marsh


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