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Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery

Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961

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In 1972, in an attempt to elevate the stature of the "crime novel," influential crime writer and critic Julian Symons cast numerous Golden Age detective fiction writers into literary perdition as "Humdrums," condemning their focus on puzzle plots over stylish writing and explorations of character, setting and theme. This volume explores the works of three prominent British "Humdrums"--Cecil John ... Read more

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In 1972, in an attempt to elevate the stature of the "crime novel," influential crime writer and critic Julian Symons cast numerous Golden Age detective fiction writers into literary perdition as "Humdrums," condemning their focus on puzzle plots over stylish writing and explorations of character, setting and theme. This volume explores the works of three prominent British "Humdrums"--Cecil John
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Hamming distance is one of the several string metrics for determining the edit distance between two sequences. It is named after the mathematician Richard Hamming. Hamming distance is the number of bit positions in which the corresponding symbols are different. In other words, the hamming distance measures the minimum number of substitutions required to change one string to another or the minimum
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Knives Have Edges

An Antony Maitland Mystery

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Series Book 13 - The Antony Maitland Mysteries
"What a beautiful word, darling," said Meg Hamilton."Embracery," she repeated in a thoughtful tone, and gave her companion a speculative look, so that he said hastily:"It doesn't mean anything like that."She didn't question his interpretation. "What does it mean then?"Charming stage actress Meg Hamilton (Enter Certain Murderers) struts back into Antony Maitland's life again when her actor friend ... Read more

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"What a beautiful word, darling," said Meg Hamilton."Embracery," she repeated in a thoughtful tone, and gave her companion a speculative look, so that he said hastily:"It doesn't mean anything like that."She didn't question his interpretation. "What does it mean then?"Charming stage actress Meg Hamilton (Enter Certain Murderers) struts back into Antony Maitland's life again when her actor friend
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Past Praying For

An Antony Maitland Mystery

by Sara Woods ...

Series Book 14 - The Antony Maitland Mysteries
"Arsenic." She paused to consider the adequacy of the statement."One large dose, certainly. Rice pudding. Arguable whether there'd been any before."Is beautiful Camilla Barnard a black widow who put a pair of husbands into their graves? In 1957 Camilla was found guilty of the shooting death of her first spouse, Tony Barnard, and sentenced to four years in prison. Now, eight years later, she is on ... Read more

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"Arsenic." She paused to consider the adequacy of the statement."One large dose, certainly. Rice pudding. Arguable whether there'd been any before."Is beautiful Camilla Barnard a black widow who put a pair of husbands into their graves? In 1957 Camilla was found guilty of the shooting death of her first spouse, Tony Barnard, and sentenced to four years in prison. Now, eight years later, she is on
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Tarry and be Hanged

An Antony Maitland Mystery

by Sara Woods ...

Series Book 15 - The Antony Maitland Mysteries
"What have you got, Geoffrey?""A body.""Dead?""Dead and buried. At least, it was.""You're not going to tell me you've discovered the secret of eternal life?It is another case of murder--and the defendant's prescription is Antony Maitland! Here Antony takes up the defense of Henry Langton, a doctor from the suburban London village of Oakhurst who is accused of having strangled two women-his own ... Read more

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"What have you got, Geoffrey?""A body.""Dead?""Dead and buried. At least, it was.""You're not going to tell me you've discovered the secret of eternal life?It is another case of murder--and the defendant's prescription is Antony Maitland! Here Antony takes up the defense of Henry Langton, a doctor from the suburban London village of Oakhurst who is accused of having strangled two women-his own
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The Case is Altered

An Antony Maitland Mystery

by Sara Woods ...

Series Book 11 - The Antony Maitland Mysteries
"You think Roy's guilty, and unless I can make you believe me-""I've nothing to go on yet," he protested. "But I suppose the police had a case.""Yes. Oh, yes. A very good one. It was at a party, you see, and they found the emeralds in his pocket."When the beautiful Italian movie star Giuditta of the Anglo-Italian Film Company is coshed in her dressing room and her fabled d'Albret emerald necklace ... Read more

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"You think Roy's guilty, and unless I can make you believe me-""I've nothing to go on yet," he protested. "But I suppose the police had a case.""Yes. Oh, yes. A very good one. It was at a party, you see, and they found the emeralds in his pocket."When the beautiful Italian movie star Giuditta of the Anglo-Italian Film Company is coshed in her dressing room and her fabled d'Albret emerald necklace
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And Shame the Devil

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by Sara Woods ...

Series Book 12 - The Antony Maitland Mysteries
"Don't you take on so, Fred. Not but what I didn't tell you no good would come of it. When Uranus is in Virgo-"In the smoke-grimed West Midlands industrial city of Arkenshaw, a pair of policemen, Sergeant Duckett and Constable Ryder, have been charged with the wrongful arrest for burglary of two Pakistani immigrants, Ghulam Beas and Chakwal Mohamed. Antony Maitland leads the two cops' defense. It ... Read more

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"Don't you take on so, Fred. Not but what I didn't tell you no good would come of it. When Uranus is in Virgo-"In the smoke-grimed West Midlands industrial city of Arkenshaw, a pair of policemen, Sergeant Duckett and Constable Ryder, have been charged with the wrongful arrest for burglary of two Pakistani immigrants, Ghulam Beas and Chakwal Mohamed. Antony Maitland leads the two cops' defense. It
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Let's Choose Executors

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by Sara Woods ...

Series Book 10 - The Antony Maitland Mysteries
"It had sometimes seemed to Maitland, in the course of his researches, that there was nothing original left to be done when it came to extracting poisonous substances from the hedgerow; they were all there, foxglove and monkshood and deadly nightshade, and man's ingenuity more than sufficient to exploit their murderous qualities, even if he had been a little slow to split the atom or find a cure ... Read more

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"It had sometimes seemed to Maitland, in the course of his researches, that there was nothing original left to be done when it came to extracting poisonous substances from the hedgerow; they were all there, foxglove and monkshood and deadly nightshade, and man's ingenuity more than sufficient to exploit their murderous qualities, even if he had been a little slow to split the atom or find a cure
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Blackthorn House

by John Rhode ...

Series Book 48 - The Dr. Priestley Detective Stories
A man's car is impounded as a stolen vehicle—but that's not the worst of it—in this classic British mystery starring a "tartly logical professor" ( The New York Times).Kenneth Winslow's company has sold a car to his nephew, Noel Yewdale, who's supposed to transport the large, locked chest in it. But before he can get the job done, the police seize the car—saying they think it's stolen.When the ... Read more

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A man's car is impounded as a stolen vehicle—but that's not the worst of it—in this classic British mystery starring a "tartly logical professor" ( The New York Times).Kenneth Winslow's company has sold a car to his nephew, Noel Yewdale, who's supposed to transport the large, locked chest in it. But before he can get the job done, the police seize the car—saying they think it's stolen.When the
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Death in Harley Street

by John Rhode ...

Series Book 43 - The Dr. Priestley Detective Stories
An "extremely clever" mystery about a doctor who appears to have fatally injected himself and a dinner party devoted to detection ( The Saturday Review).Dr. Richard Mawsley was a happy man and a careful man. So how and why did the Harley Street specialist inject himself with strychnine while in his locked office? There's no hint that anyone else was at the scene, and the guests at Dr. Lancelot ... Read more

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An "extremely clever" mystery about a doctor who appears to have fatally injected himself and a dinner party devoted to detection ( The Saturday Review).Dr. Richard Mawsley was a happy man and a careful man. So how and why did the Harley Street specialist inject himself with strychnine while in his locked office? There's no hint that anyone else was at the scene, and the guests at Dr. Lancelot
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Cat's Paw

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Series series American Mystery Classics
When a wealthy bachelor is murdered in his baroque Boston mansion, a bizarre clue holds the key to whodunnit.Martin Greenough's walled-off mansion is the last remaining holdout in the Boston parkland known as the Fenway—and the fact that it eluded condemnation by the city is a testament to the elderly bachelor's great wealth. Childless and nearing the end of his life, he surrounds himself with ... Read more

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When a wealthy bachelor is murdered in his baroque Boston mansion, a bizarre clue holds the key to whodunnit.Martin Greenough's walled-off mansion is the last remaining holdout in the Boston parkland known as the Fenway—and the fact that it eluded condemnation by the city is a testament to the elderly bachelor's great wealth. Childless and nearing the end of his life, he surrounds himself with
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Peril at Cranbury Hall

by John Rhode ...

Series Book 9 - The Dr. Priestley Detective Stories
A shady operator is targeted for death and needs help from a professor with an "uncanny ability to ferret out the truth" ( The New York Times).An expert in alternative medicine is creating a clinic in Cranbury Hall that promises to cure fatigue, and Arnold Gilroy is happy to invest in this promising moneymaking venture.Unfortunately, his brother Oliver has just finished a stint in prison for fraud ... Read more

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A shady operator is targeted for death and needs help from a professor with an "uncanny ability to ferret out the truth" ( The New York Times).An expert in alternative medicine is creating a clinic in Cranbury Hall that promises to cure fatigue, and Arnold Gilroy is happy to invest in this promising moneymaking venture.Unfortunately, his brother Oliver has just finished a stint in prison for fraud
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