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FOREWORD
The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds.
— PHILIP GUEDALLA
My theory is that people who don't like mystery stories are anarchists.
— REX STOUT
WHEN Nazi Luftwaffe squadrons unleashed their wanton fury on London in the late summer of 1940, initiating to their own consternation a deathless epic of human courage and resistance…
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FOREWORD
The detective story is the normal recreation of noble minds.
— PHILIP GUEDALLA
My theory is that people who don't like mystery stories are anarchists.
— REX STOUT
WHEN Nazi Luftwaffe squadrons unleashed their wanton fury on London in the late summer of 1940, initiating to their own consternation a deathless epic of human courage and resistance…
Nikki
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Rules of the Game: Okay cool I'm enjoying this meta conversation about the genre but wish it wasn't so steeped in the author's personal tastes and --
The Murder Market: Oof--very outdated and dull and---
Friends and Foes: okay COME ON Haycraft this isn't content
— Aug 17, 2021 11:34AM
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The Murder Market: Oof--very outdated and dull and---
Friends and Foes: okay COME ON Haycraft this isn't content
Nikki
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my dude Howard is adding a lot of titles to my TBR but he has got to be English with his blatant disrespect of some of my faves. Plus I've already found one bit of his that's just plain incorrect soooooo
— Aug 07, 2021 05:52AM
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Had to smile at the Betteredge reference in the foreward :)
— Jul 31, 2021 07:29PM
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