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Movie Madness
"The show must go on." (English saying) Last week, I reviewed Van Madoy's FGO Mystery - Hirugaeru Kogetsukan no Kokkai - Kogetsukan Satsujin Jiken, a novelization of a quest originally written by Madoy...
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番外編： A Smart Dummy in the Tent
So for the last two months or so, I kept telling myself, don't forget to write an announcement, it'll take no time at all, it'll just be a short post.... And in the end, I still didn't manage to write...
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The Hidden Inheritance
All, all are gone, the old familiar facesCharles Lamb So it doesn't happen often I buy (new) Dutch mystery novels, as I'm usually looking for older (used) books, but today's book, this one I decided to...
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Just Bourbon
"What they call a gimlet is just some lime or lemon juice and gin with a dash of sugar and bitters. A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats martinis hollow.""The...
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The Wild Brood
One little nigger boy left all aloneHe got married and then there were noneFirst impressions are ever-lasting, so I always imagine Kidd and Pink from these books exactly like they appeared and sounded...
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Alice’s Evidence
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall(Nursery rhyme)I always have to think of an old college classmate, whenever I come across something related to Alice in Wonderland, which is...
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Scissor Man
「これは記憶媒体？」 「記憶じゃない、思い出だよ」 『名探偵コナン 純黒の悪夢』"Is it a memory stick?""It's not memory storage... it's a memory.""Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare"It is no secret that I am a fan of puzzle plot mystery...
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Famous Mistakes
「いろりろおききするのが、私の仕事でして」「失敬な人だな。いったいどこの局？名前と所属を聞いておくよ」「名前は福家です。所属は警視庁捜査一課です」『相棒』"It is my job to ask questions about everything.""Do you know how rude you are? What station are you working for? Give me...
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Once Upon a Crime
"Be a detective and examine everything to unlock the doors of the mystery of time and space.""MOTAS: Mystery of Time and Space"Huh, apparently there are a handful of mystery novels in Japan about...
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The Triple Hoax
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.” "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"Hm, it's been some years since I last did a short short post, when I want to do discuss several mystery-related...
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Till Death Do Us Part
"I'll bet this is the first time anyone's been buried twice in the same grave.""Batman: Lord Death Man"Okay, I'll admit, I'm writing this review almost two months after I read the book. So, yes, the...
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Strike-Out Scare
過ぎ行く春を惜しみながら僕らの幕開けたあの夏「心絵」(Road of Major)While lamenting the passing of SpringOur curtains were raised in that Summer"Picture of the Heart" (Road of Major) Huh, who'd have thought I'd be doing another...
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The Twin Dilemma
「もう全部あいつ一人でいいんじゃないかな」『時空英雄仮面ライダー』"Man, he can probably do everything all by himself.""Heroes of Time and Space Kamen Rider"When the releases of the Detective Conan manga slowed down last year, I...
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Le Cercle rouge
One of the tropes most commonly associated with mystery fiction, and one I personally love, is the closed circle situation. For some reason though, I often see it confused with 'an impossible crime' or...
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Update on Crime
Something old, something new,something borrowed, something blue(Bridal rhyme) One reason I don't often do anthology reviews is because I'm never able to fit all the tags I want to use within the...
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The Great Hotel Murder
'My favorite is Detective Conan. Especially that girl. The sister of that darker-skinned boy.'-- 'Sh-she's not his sister, she's his love interest!'"Satako & Nada"I suddenly recalled this game when...
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Seeing is Believing
When I was writing my article on closed circle situations last time, I made special mention of the two novels by Imamura Masahiro: Shijinsou no Satsujin ("The Murders in the Villa of the Dead" 2017)...
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Gates of Gloom
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing"The Raven" (Edgar Allan Poe) You know, I think I'll even manage to sneak in a fourth Toujou Genya review before the end of the...
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The Clocks
Last year, I wrote an article on glasses in mystery fiction, looking at the various ways in which spectacles could be used in a mystery plot. I ended the article with a note that "I doubt this post...
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The Vanishing Game
「死体の入れ物といえば、これに勝るものはない」『ここに死体を捨てないでください！」"There was nothing better than that to put a dead body in.""Don't Dump Your Bodies Here Please!"Oh, wow, it's been this long since I last read a book in...
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