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The case of the constant suicides by John Dickson Carr

The revenge of Fantômas by Marcel Allain

The House of Strange Guests by Nicholas (John V. Turner) Brady

The Double Thirteen by Anthony Wynne

The Judas window by Carter Dickson

The mystery of the ashes by Anthony Wynne

The green knife by Anthony Wynne

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Member: prettysinister

Library207 books — see library

Reviews12 reviews — see reviews

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Tagsimpossible crime (44), cult writers (28), locked room (23), Victorian sensation fiction (17), master criminal (14), Dr. Hailey (13), Dr. Gideon Fell (12), bibliomystery (11) — see all tags

GroupsCrime, Thriller & Mystery

Favorite authorsP. C. Doherty, Christopher Fowler, Arnaldur Indridason (Shared favorites)

About me I am the owner of Pretty Sinister Books, an old-fashioned mail order & internet bookselling machine, operated from my home in Chicago, IL. I've written critical essays and reviews on crime and supernatural fiction for e-zines, websites and small presses. I was the culprit responsible for the reissue by Ramble House of the ultra-rare, long out-of-print detective fiction short story collection THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF ROWLAND HERN by Nicholas Olde for which I also wrote the introduction. I spend way too much time researching long forgotten writers of detective and crime fiction. I should get out more. My mountain bike sings plaintive laments after midnight and is beginning to rust from neglect.

About my library I've often been asked if I own any books that I would never consider selling. Here they are. Sometimes I have loaned these out to discriminating readers. Email me and try your luck.

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today i browsed your catalog once again. nicholas brady, clyde clason, anthony rud... OMG a collection doesn't get much better. not to mention you have the finest anthony wynne collection i've ever seen!

i'm floored.
Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list. Let me guess, my cookbooks picqued your interest!
Actually, I recognized your user name right away as some of my mysteries have come from your business.
Hi John, Thanks for your nice comment. As to Japanese mysteries translated into English, I recommend "The Tokyo Zodiac Murders" to start with. It's one of the best puzzlers ever written, and the trick is simply ingenious. Too bad only a handful of modern Japanese puzzlers have been translated into English, and I have to read them in Chinese.

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