Monthly Archives: June 2017

Is ‘Lord Edgware Dies’ Fair Play?

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Nalkarj

Originally posted on Golden Age of Detective Fiction Forum:
I’ve recently reread Christie’s “Lord Edgware Dies” (aka “Thirteen at Dinner”) and was again troubled by the question of whether one of the key moments of misdirection is fair. Hastings has…

Posted in Musings, Reviews | Tagged Agatha Christie, Captain Hastings, Fair Play, GAD, Hercule Poirot, Jane Wilkinson, Lord Edgware Dies, Musings, Question, Thoughts | 4 Comments

An Undignified Melodrama for My Bone of Contention

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Nalkarj

OK, folks, I’m in a bit of a quandary: I have a new Geoffrey Lord story, and I think it’s fairly decent, but it’s longer than any of the others I’ve posted, and I’m not sure if you’d all be … Continue reading →

Posted in Game of Wits, Musings, My Stories | Tagged Bone of Contention, Geoffrey Lord, Help, Mystery, Quandary, Question, riddle, Short Story, Story | 3 Comments

Solution Time!

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Nalkarj

OK, folks, it’s time for the solution to “The Unhinged Man”… … Continue reading →

Posted in Game of Wits, Games, Musings, My Stories, Solutions | Tagged Alan Tewksbury, Cardinal, Game of Wits, Geoffrey Lord, QED, solution, terence crane, The Puzzlers, unhinged | 3 Comments

Desert [Not “Dessert”!] Island Books

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Nalkarj

Well, it seems that I haven’t posted anything here except my own fiction for a while–a sincere thank you to everyone who has looked at it and especially to those who have commented!–but I’ll try to remedy that with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, Musings | Tagged Blogs, Desert Island, G.K. Chesterton, Game, John Dickson Carr, Musings, Mystery, the unhinged man | 3 Comments

And Now for the Sequel…

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Nalkarj

Yes, indeed, my first sequel, this to “Color Scheme”… “The Unhinged Man” “A puzzle for you, Mr. Lord,” said Alice Little, the famed poetess. The Puzzlers, that select and secretive organization, was having its monthly meeting. Geoffrey Lord, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Game of Wits, My Stories, Solutions | Tagged Alan Tewksbury, Alice Little, Color Scheme, Game of Wits, Geoffrey Lord, Lee Shapiro, Mystery, Paula Vale, pulp story, riddle, Sidney Malkin, Story, The Puzzlers, the unhinged man, unhinged, volucrine, wordsmith | 7 Comments

Color Scheme

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Nalkarj

I’m not yet ready to post the story to which I referred before, but in the meantime… “Color Scheme” When Mr. Geoffrey Lord, of West 87th Street, New York City, was first asked to join one of the most illustrious … Continue reading →

Posted in Game of Wits, My Stories | Tagged Art, Color Scheme, Game of Wits, Geoffrey Lord, Paula Vale, Story, The Puzzlers | 8 Comments

Solution Time (Let’s Try This Again)

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Nalkarj

OK, folks, I’m revealing the solution to “Ruby Red.” (I would have revealed it before, as promised, but Inurhadi correctly found one of the three major clues.) … Continue reading →

Posted in Game of Wits, My Stories, Solutions, Uncategorized | Tagged Christopher McKee, Game of Wits, Geoffrey Lord, jewellery, Ruby Red, solution, Story | 15 Comments

Solution Time

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Nalkarj

If no one else cares to take a guess at it, I can reveal the solution later tonight. I will repeat that the answer was one of Inurhadi’s solutions but that prime information was missing.

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Another Game of Wits

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Nalkarj

“Ruby Red” “Damn all dying clues!” (This from a policeman, viz. Lt. Christopher McKee of the NYPD, whose job it is to investigate said clues, or any clues.) “That’s one way to put it,” murmured Mr. Geoffrey Lord softly. “What’s … Continue reading →