Tag Archives: Impossible Crime

The Fourth Coffin

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Nalkarj

“…he would tell a story of mediaeval sorcery and, at the end, abruptly explain all the puzzles in the fashion of a detective story.” “This case he was going to talk about was rather special and sensational. … Crime and the … Continue reading →

Posted in John Dickson Carr, Musings, My Stories, Paul Halter, Solutions | Tagged Impossible Crime, John Dickson Carr, solution, The Hollow Man, The Third Gunman, The Three Coffins | 2 Comments

Notes for the Curious

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Nalkarj

Crime and the occult! These were the only hobbies for a man of taste! I just had to start with that. This may seem a strange topic for a post, I know, but John Dickson Carr’s epigraphs and sources have … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, John Dickson Carr, Musings | Tagged Beneath Suspicion, Books, Don Quixote, Dorothy Sayers, Impossible Crime, John Dickson Carr, M.R. James, Margaret Murray, Musings, Mystery, non-dead, Pepys, The Affair of the Poisons, The Burning Court, The Hand of Glory, The Ingoldsby Legends, Thoughts, Witchcraft | 5 Comments

“The Time Has Come…

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Nalkarj

…,” the walrus said, “to talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings.” Well, the time has come for the solution to “Death in the Sun,” too–so here goes… … Continue reading →

Posted in Game of Wits, My Stories, Solutions | Tagged Arning, Clues, Death in the Sun, Geoffrey Lord, Impossible Crime, Lewis Carroll, My Story, solution, Thurlow | 7 Comments

“For Every Evil Under the Sun…”

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Nalkarj

“Death in the Sun” a Geoffrey Lord tale The heat was oppressive that afternoon, cooking the sand and brazening the outstretched, squirming bodies such that they resembled brass sardines. One of the sardines, however, was outstretched but not squirming; the … Continue reading →

Posted in Game of Wits, Games, My Stories | Tagged Game, Geoffrey Lord, Impossible Crime, My Story, Mystery, Paula Vale, Pop O'Leary, Story, Sun | 15 Comments

“Murder,” She Spelled Out Real Plain

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Nalkarj

Of the large number of TV detective shows that longtime friends and collaborators William Link and Richard Levinson created, Ellery Queen (1975-1976) and Columbo (1968-1978; 1989-2003) seem (to me) to be the best. Columbo, of course, is the (far) longer running and the better known–and, … Continue reading →

Posted in Capsule Reviews, Musings, Reviews, TV | Tagged Agatha Christie, Columbo, Ellery Queen, Impossible Crime, John Dickson Carr, Murder She Wrote, Musings, TV, Whodunit | Leave a comment

Le roi est mort, vive le roi…

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Nalkarj

Here we go with some more Ellery Queen–nothing wrong with that, I suppose. Today’s book, Ellery Queen’s The King is Dead (1952), has gotten a largely negative reception from mystery fans, which is (a) too bad, for it’s a fine book, … Continue reading →