Vintage Mystery Challenge (2019)

Just The facts, Ma’am (Vintage Mystery Challenge) is hosted by Bev Hankins @ My Reader’s Block.

There are two options to choose from :

Golden Mystery Era (before 1960)

 

 

 

Silver Mystery Era (1960 to 1989)

 

 

For more details about the challenge, visit Bev’s sign-up page here.

 

To have a look at my sign-up post, click here.

GOLDEN

 

Constable

• Who – Religious figure/vicar: The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs
• When – Timing of crime is crucial (murder(s) soon after the funeral): Crime in Lepers’ Hollow by George Bellairs
• Where – set in a small village: Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham
• What – An animal in the title: The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
• Why – It has made the ‘best list’: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
• How – At least two deaths with different means (One bashed in the head, the other shot dead): Corpses in Enderby by George Bellairs

 

Detective Sergeant

• Who – lawyer/barrister/judge: Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert
• When – set during WW1 or WW2: (wartime setting is obvious): Traitor’s Purse by Margery Allingham
• Where – in a locked room: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
• What – person’s name in the title: The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith by Patricia Wentworth
• Why – Author not from your country: Death on a Quiet Day by Michael Innes
• How – death by drowning: Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs

 

Inspector

• Where – on an island: Death Treads Softly by George Bellairs
• How – death by Blunt Instrument: The Strange Case of Harriet Hall by Moray Dalton
• Who – An Academic: The Long Divorce by Edmund Crispin
• Why – Read by fellow Challenger (Kate): A Knife for Harry Dodd by George Bellairs
• When – During a weather event(rain and flood): The Body in the Dumb River by George Bellairs
• What – Written by more than one person: The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen

 

Inspired Amateur

• How – a crime involving fire/arson: Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs
• Why – Out of your comfort zone: Murder in the Mill-Race by E.C.R. Lorac
• Where – set in a capital city:(Paris) The Case of the Flying Donkey by Christopher Bush