Castle Skull

read in September like a 3.7 rounded up full post here: [URL not allowed] I have three Bencolin books under my belt so far and I'm working on a fourth, The Lost Gallows, right now. I've been highly entertained with the tinge of weirdness each series entry has brought with it, as w......more

Review of the audiobook narrated by John Telfer Wow! What a ride. Castle Skull was everything I hoped it be. This early John Dickson Carr novel is not great literature, but it is great fun. It's chock full of creepy places, odd and interesting people, and gruesome murders. John Telfer is a narrator w......more

I really enjoyed this book. It was refreshing in its way even though I could feel my credulity being stretched on one or two occasions. It would be unfair of me to say why this is, as it's important to the plot. A man called Myron Alison is an idol of the stage and has a flair for the dramatic. It se......more

This was a nail biter. At first we have no idea who anyone is until after they are gruesomely murdered. There are two detectives determined to beat the other at solving the cases (there are two murders. Are they related?). I thought this story held very well and even though there were quite a few cha......more

At the start, this appears to be one of the spookiest murder mysteries of all time. One of the world's greatest magicians, who specializes in occult-themed performances, dies by apparently hurling himself from a train. His wife, the sister of one of the world's greatest Shakespearean actors, inherit......more