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The Quiet American (1955)
Episode 45
In 1955, Graham Greene published "The Quiet American", part character confession and part political allegory, set amidst the changing of the colonial…
5 years ago
LTP Selects: The Copper Beeches (1892)
Season 3 Episode 44
Our "Sherlock Selects" summer series concludes here with a real show-stopper! "The Copper Beeches" is one of Conan Doyle's most atmospheric and engag…
5 years, 1 month ago
LTP Selects: The Creeping Man (1923)
Episode 43
When old age hands you lemons... it's time to take monkey gland injections from a quack Czech doctor! Or, at least, that's what Professor Presbury mi…
5 years, 2 months ago
Knots & Crosses (1987)
Episode 42
In this gritty crime thriller, Detective Sergeant John Rebus makes his literary debut. Ian Rankin draws on rich material from the city of Edinburgh a…
5 years, 2 months ago
LTP Selects: Black Peter (1904)
Episode 41
A grizzly harpoon murder and a protégé inspector lure Sherlock and Watson out of London and into the remote Weald of East Sussex in this atmospheric …
5 years, 2 months ago
LTP Selects: The Bruce-Partington Plans (1908)
Episode 40
Our "Sherlock Selects" mini-series continues to buffer the Summer's bigger reads, this time with a conversation on "The Bruce Partington Plans" from …
5 years, 3 months ago
A Morbid Taste For Bones (1977)
Episode 39
Published in 1977, "A Morbid Taste For Bones" introduced Brother Cadfael to the world, a Welsh Benedictine monk of the 12th Century with a penchant f…
5 years, 3 months ago
LTP Selects: The Cardboard Box (1893)
Episode 38
Second in our series of "Sherlock Selects" for the Summer is "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box". Originally published in January of 1893 (and first…
5 years, 3 months ago
LTP Selects: The Abbey Grange (1904)
Episode 37
This season, we'll be buffering new episodes with re-introduced and smaller story reviews. For these selections, we reach back into our first season …
5 years, 4 months ago
Later (2021) by Stephen King
Episode 36
"Later" marks the third and most recent crime story written by Stephen King for the Hard Case Crime label. Offering readers a predictable mix of the …
5 years, 4 months ago