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Twentieth Century Crime Fiction

Reviews and summaries

1930s

Flowers for the Judge

Margery Allingham, 1936 It’s no secret that I’m a big Campion fan. Originally designed to be a parody of the upper-class amateur detective, particularly Sayer’s Peter Wimsey, as time goes on and the series develops, Campion develops himself and becomes his own distinct(ish) self. This is helped by the two authors’ different writing styles, with…

1940s

Part for a Poisoner

ECR Lorac, published 1948. Published in America as Place for a Poisoner. I’ll start by saying I find E.C.R Lorac’s (born Edith Caroline Rivett) writing consistently enjoyable and I’ll forever be grateful for British Library Crime Classics to introducing her to me. I find she’s a bit more subtle than Christie, with less of the…

1940s

Towards Zero – BBC adaptation

Like most Christie’s fans, a new BBC adaptation is a big event in my year. I was extra excited when I realised that the book chosen to adapt was Towards Zero, one of my favourites, and one of Christie’s more psychology heavy novels. In the lead up to the release I made the choice to…

1930s

The Case of the Late Pig

Margery Allingham, originally published 1937 I would say that Margery Allingham is an author who does not get enough credit for her work. She is one of the ‘Queens of Crime’, yes but rarely would I guess her name is the first name that would come to someone’s mind when listing Classic Crime authors. Third…

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