The Case of the Famished Parson

I read this several days ago and held of writing a review because I couldn't think of what I wanted to say. While that can be a good thing when I finish a book, it wasn't in this case. This was left me decidedly neutral. This isn't going to be listed as my favourite Inspector Littlejohn story. It wa......more

I have just read this again and my original review of 2013, below, still stands If one can accept the very unlikely scenario that Littlejohn encounters yet another murder while he is on holiday then this book is pretty good example of the cosy detective story. As always, his descriptions of the chara......more

Poor Detective Inspector Thomas Littlejohn can get no rest! The detective inspector and his understanding wife Letty go to the Cape Mervin Hotel for a well-earned vacation. But their holiday is cut short when the lugubrious Bishop of Greyle, James Macintosh, is murdered at isolated Bolter’s Hole nea......more

The Bishop of Greyle, James Macintosh, is bashed over the head and his body dumped over a cliff edge into Bolter's Hole, a convenient little place along the coast at Cape Mervin. But, unfortunately for the murderer, the body isn't washed out to sea. The bishop gets lodged between some rocks and is f......more

I found George Bellairs through the recommendation of a Golden Age Mystery site. He is one of the English Writers from a time period of the 1940's that produced small Village Murders, often set around a manor house or Hotel with intricately woven plots and characters. I will say up-front that I am a......more