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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Two smashing treats through my letterbox over the past couple of days. Huge thanks to L C Tyler and Suzy Aspley for these treats

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Next month on classicmystery.blog - and that's just the holiday reading that I won't have time to review this month... #BookSky

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Two lovely treats in my letterbox today, courtesy of @britishlibrary.bsky.social and @mwcraven.bsky.social. Much appreciated - now which to read first...

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

One more - from one of the best. Unfortunately it didn't cut down to fit the reprint cover design

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Probably the last read for this Holiday - lots of driving to get home over the next two days - it's a series that I've been away from for... checks... almost a decade! Book Three in the Seeker series by S G MacLean, Destroying Angel

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Book Eleven - this is getting a bit silly now - of the holiday reading and time for an obscure crime writer that you probably haven't heard of... #BookSky #AgathaChristie

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Book Ten (!) of the holiday reading and it's the latest from friend-of-the-blog (and not as per Google AI, the writer of the blog) @sarahwardcrime.bsky.social #BookSky #Mystery

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Book Nine of the holiday reading - almost matched last month's reading in a single week! - and it's a self-published historical mystery that is well worth a look. A Measure Of Justice by Mark Sherry

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

On to Book Eight of my holiday reading and it's one I've been saving for a while - Human Remains by @jocallaghankat.bsky.social - the third in the excellent Kat Frank series #BookSky #Mystery #Thriller

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Book Seven of my holiday reading - a re-read but it's just come out from the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Crime Classics series with an intro from @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social. Sorry about the old cover, the new one is much prettier but I don't have a review copy yet (HINT!)

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Book Six of my holiday reading and we're off on the high seas with the fifth Jonas Flynt title, Ship of Thieves from @dougskelton.bsky.social, out in two weeks time

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

In honour of the first name in the guest book of the cabin where we're staying/sheltering, Book Five is the second novel by @richardcoles.bsky.social #BookSky #cosycrime

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Book four of the holiday reading - a nice distraction from Storm Floris and a long power cut. A recent Whodunnit from the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Crime Classics #BookSky #ClassicCrime

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Next on the holiday reading list, with the near impossible task of following M W Craven's The Final Vow is the latest Frankie Elkin thriller from Lisa Gardner #BookSky #Thriller

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Holiday reading number 2 - lucky enough to get an advance copy of the latest Poe & Bradshaw from @mwcraven.bsky.social

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

On holiday for a bit, but thought I'd share my holiday reading with you - first up, the fourth Joseph Spector locked room mystery from @tommeadauthor.bsky.social #BookSky #classicmystery

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

My current read - I've been savouring it for a severe case of reader's block and it's done the trick nicely... #BookSky #mystery

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

OK, so who wants to help me break into my second millennium of followers? There's loads of spoiler-free mystery reviews for you if you do... #BookSky #Bookblogger #Mystery classicmystery.blog

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Next on the blog - the debut Dog Sitter mystery from @antonyjohnston.bsky.social

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

A @deanstpress.bsky.social cover for #murdereverymonday with a mirror on it? Well, it’s not out just yet but how’s this one?

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A one of a kind bit of Brian Flynn memorabilia - a bit like my copy of The Mirador Collection. Thanks @deanstpress.bsky.social #BrianFlynn

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Half term, so it's off to the Bodleian and looking at a classic mystery that I know a lot of people will want to see reprinted but, alas, may never be... #BookSky #ClassicMystery #ClassicCrime

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

My current read and an absolute treat. After a few false starts with books that just didn't grab me, this is a breath of fresh air. Well done, Katy Watson. #BookSky #cosymystery

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Day 23 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar (after a Twirl on day 22) brought me another new author. Anyone read his work before? #BookSky

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

After a Mars bar on Day 20, the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar brought me this on Day 21. Anyone familiar with it? #BookSky

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Day 19 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar brought me this... Not an author I've read so looking forward to this

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Oops. Been a bit busy with stuff and haven't posted my Coffee and Crime Advent calendar goodies. Here's a cute little Day 18 notebook... - spot where it came from #agathachristie

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Day 17 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar and the first Lam & Cool title by A A Fair aka Erle Stanley "Perry Mason" Gardner - a rare case of the pseudonym being known but retained along with the real name on the cover? #BookSky #classiccrime

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Day 16 of the Coffee and Crime and a blast from the past. Didn't know they still made these, and moreover, do they still make the rainbow coloured fruity one? The highlight of luxury choc when I was young!

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Day 15 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar - I read one from George Harmon Coxe and enjoyed it, so looking forward to this one #BookSky #mystery #classiccrime

Cover for Murder For Two by George Harmon Coxe

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar Day 13 - and another new author to me. He seems to have also written The Man Who Wasn't There but that's all I can find out. Any info out there?

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Coffee and Crime Calendar Day 12 - a nice little puzzle game to pass the time...

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Almost forgot Day 11 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar. One of the better later Ellery Queen titles - already got it though, so I'll find it a good home...

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Day 10 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar, and it's another flashback to my childhood... Do they still sell these?

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Day 9 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar and Kate knocks it out of the park again with this Freeman Wills Crofts title that I don't have - Crofts is a classic crime writer that is often dismissed as "humdrum" but that's far from the truth imho

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Day 8 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar. Yes, it's just a Wispa but I do like Wispas. And it's, um, the sort of thing one should do if committing a crime so as not to draw attention to oneself...

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Day 7 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar - and another new author to me, S H Courtier, an Australian writer. This is a shiny new reprint of a 1959 title.

Cover of Death In Dream time by S H Courtier

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Day 6 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar and it's a surprise gift day - a map of Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles.

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Day 5 if the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar and a mystery novel from an author that I and, it seems, the internet, know nothing about...

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Day four of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar, so it's a chocolate day again. Never heard of this choccie though... It says Ruffles under the label. Anyone tried one of these before?

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

S S Van Dine, another author that has been mostly forgotten, bar a recently release The Greene Murder Case in the American Mystery Classics range. There are countless cheap ebooks out there if you want to sample some Ellery Queen-esque sleuthing

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Day Three of my Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar and what do we have today? #BookSky #classicmystery #mysteryfiction

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The Puzzle Doctor @puzzledoctor.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Day 2 of the Coffee and Crime Advent Calendar - it's mystery novels on odd days and chocolate on even days. Still, it's an Aero with a Sherlock Holmes quote on it, so yumsk!

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