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THE STORY: William Yolland gets some news from a physician who has given him a mandatory exam for an insurance policy Yolland is hoping wil...

"Cars, Siddons, cars! The place bristles with 'em. A Morris Oxford, an M.G., and two Rolls-Royces. The solution to this problem is ...

THE STORY: The Clove and Hoof is the hot spot in Larcombe for a pint of bitter, a good story and some laughs. It's also the focal point...

As usual I have discovered a delightful book that others found “nightmarish” and “disturbing.” I am beginning to think that many critics ...

THE STORY: William Power, lawyer, confides with his married novelist friends, Vincie and Penny Mercer, on an unusual murder involving wha...

THE STORY: The preposterous plot of Secret Sceptre (1937) reads like a matinee cliffhanger serial overloaded with harrowing incidents, gru...

THE STORY:   Nine Days’ Panic (1937) is an absurdist black comedy that is also a send-up of all manner of detective novel conventions. Th...

THE STORY: Wes Beattie, chronic liar and hapless young banker, is on trial in Toronto for a capital crime. No one seems to believe his ferv...

Ten Dead Comedians by Fred Van Lente Quirk Publications Hardcover ISBN: 9781594749742 e-Book ISBN: 9781594749759 288 pages Release Dat...