"A comedy of manners with the occasional murder." Kind of wish it had been the other way round... #Mystery #ClassicCrime #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2026/01/10/t...

Many thanks to @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social books for the tip on this author - a really interesting read and I hope I'll find more from the author in the future #Mystery #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2026/01/05/t...

A masterpiece of suspense... #Mystery #ClassicCrime #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2026/01/04/t...

The Black Archive is a series of books which take an in-depth look at individual Doctor Who stories.

First review of the year and Perry Mason finds himself in deep water... #BookSky #Mystery #PerryMason classicmystery.blog/2026/01/02/t...

Here we go... it's time for my Review of the Year on the blog... #BookSky #Mystery classicmystery.blog/2025/12/31/r...

The Puzzly is a day early this month to make way for my Review of 2025 and luckily @robthor.bsky.social made it very, very easy to choose the winner classicmystery.blog/2025/12/30/t...

My thoughts on the @deathinparadise Christmas special - and series 14 as I forgot to do it at the time. Sorry! classicmystery.blog/2025/12/30/d...

A seasonal collection of short stories from @britishlibrary.bsky.social and @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social - just not this season... #ClassicCrime #BookSky #ShortStories classicmystery.blog/2025/12/29/c...

An old unreprinted title that is very hard to find - and probably not worth the effort #BookSky #ClassicMystery #JohnRhode classicmystery.blog/2025/12/29/t...

Book Three in one of my favourite series - The Black Dove by Steve Hockensmith classicmystery.blog/2025/12/28/t...

Another children's mystery - an unread title from a series that I loved, but, alas, it's not a very good one... #BookSky #ThreeInvestigators classicmystery.blog/2025/12/27/t...

It's a disappearing and re-appearing body mystery set on a pirate ship - what more could you ask for? The fourth Montgomery Bonbon mystery from @misterabk.bsky.social #BookSky #Mysteries #MinorOffences classicmystery.blog/2025/12/22/m...

🥳 Here’s to 15 years of amazing blogging, and many more to come @puzzledoctor.bsky.social ! 📚✨ Forty Brian Flynn books back in the spotlight, with brilliant new introductions. Keep making the literary world a brighter, funnier, and more brilliant place. 🙏🥰 classicmystery.blog/2025/12/20/f...

Happy Blogday To Me! Fifteen years ago today I started my mutterings about mystery novels - so here are some thoughts for the next fifteen years… #mystery #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/12/20/f...

A day early with the Reprint Of The Year nomination, but it's the Blogiversary tomorrow and I've got a plan... #BrianFlynn @deanstpress.bsky.social #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/12/19/b...

The best mystery movie in years... @rianjohnson.bsky.social #WakeUpDeadMan classicmystery.blog/2025/12/18/p...

On the Twelfth Day Of Christmas... if you're lucky, your true love will bring you these, my top twelve Christmas mysteries... @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social @michaeljecksauthor.bsky.social @andreinacordani.bsky.social @chrismcgeorge.bsky.social #Mystery #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/12/17/f...

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Time to kick off the Classic Crime Reprint Of The Year awards with my first nomination #BookSky #Mystery #Honkaku classicmystery.blog/2025/12/13/m...

I hate to tease my followers but you have to read this masterfully crafted mystery by @robthor.bsky.social from @hqstories.bsky.social - but you'll have to wait a month before it's available to buy. I just couldn't wait... #BookSky #MarlowMurderClub classicmystery.blog/2025/12/11/t...

Just finished The Mysterious Affair Of Judith Potts, the fifth Marlow Murder Club book and I can confirm that @robthor.bsky.social is a devious and clever so-and-so. But you'll have to wait a month before it's on sale... lnk.to/TheMysteriou...

Book Of The Month time on the blog for November... Congrats to @mossmontmomery ... classicmystery.blog/2025/11/30/t... #BookSky #Mystery #BookOfTheMonth

Some recommendations for Christmas mysteries included in this review... but is this one of them? #BookSky #ChristmasMystery classicmystery.blog/2025/11/21/m...

New review: the not-very-Christmassy The Dead Of Winter by S J Parris #BookSky #History classicmystery.blog/2025/11/17/t...

Don't be fooled by the pblisher's claims to be a locked room mystery - it's not - but this is a fun Christmas mystery from F L Everett #Mystery #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/11/15/m...

Amused that Trump's lawyers really sent the legal letter to: BBC Television Centre, London W12 8QT. I wonder if they included a self addressed envelope for a reply and called 018118055 to confirm receipt. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tru...

"This just feels so fresh. Clear, distinct suspects, loads of secrets hiding under the surface… a perfect stocking filler" Great review of The Dog Sitter Detective's Christmas Tail 🎄🐶🔍 from The Puzzle Doctor:

It's dog sitting time again with a dead spy in a snowed-in house. Cracking new mystery from @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and @allisonandbusby.bsky.social #BookSky #Mystery classicmystery.blog/2025/11/11/t...

After an unintentional thirteen year break from the series, I'm back in Shetland with Cass Lynch and Marsali Taylor #BookSky #Mystery #Shetland classicmystery.blog/2025/11/09/b...

A fantastic locked room mystery to kick off November - A Murder At World's End by Ross Montgomery @mossmontmomery.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social #BookSky #LockedRoom classicmystery.blog/2025/11/02/t...

Two literary icons go head to head for this month's Puzzly - but who will win out of @andreinacordani.bsky.social's Scrooge or @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social s Q? Only one way to find out... #BookSky #BookOfTheMonth classicmystery.blog/2025/10/31/t...

Out now - The Death Lesson by @sarahwardcrime.bsky.social from @canelobooks.bsky.social . Warning - contains a dead Maths teacher! #BookSky #Mystery classicmystery.blog/2025/10/27/t...

via @puzzledoctor.bsky.social The Bloomsbury Murder (2025) by Mike Hollow classicmystery.blog/2025/10/23/t...

Out today from @AllisonandBusby - The Bloomsbury Murder by Mike Hollow #Mystery #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/10/23/t...

Out tomorrow - The Merry Christmas Murders by Alexandra Benedict classicmystery.blog/2025/10/22/t...

Out this Thursday from @ZaffreBooks - Q strikes out on his own in Quantum Of Menace by @VaseemKhanUK. Trust me, you don't want to miss this one... #BookSky #Whodunit #JamesBond #007 classicmystery.blog/2025/10/20/q...

Death In The Dales in Sedbergh was an excellent crime fiction event this weekend with @mwcraven.bsky.social , @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social, @kateellisauthor.bsky.social and many more - including a mystery guest panelist on The Golden Age... #BookSky #Mystery classicmystery.blog/2025/10/19/d...

ATV review that contains a recommendation of a must-see murder mystery. To be clear, though, it's not this one... classicmystery.blog/2025/10/16/d...

My standard medicine for a case of reader's block - take one Paul Doherty and leave me alone until I finish it... #historymystery #BookTwitter #classicmystery classicmystery.blog/2025/10/13/t...

It's coming up to fifteen years of crime fiction and classic mystery blogging - so it's time to take a look back at how it began... #ClassicMystery #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/10/12/f...

The Curse Of Book Club strikes again - somewhat at least... #classicmystery #invertedmystery #classiccrime #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/10/11/t...

I am totally blown away by this review! 😍😍

Fancy a Christmassy mystery? You can't get any more Christmassy - or more mysterious - than this one, out on Thursday from the "Christmas Death Fairy" @andreinacordani.bsky.social and @zaffrebooks.bsky.social #BookSky #Dickens #Mystery classicmystery.blog/2025/10/05/a...

Genuinely the hardest Puzzly to judge ever - its head to head to head between the latest from @nevfountain.bsky.social , @victoriadowd.bsky.social and @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #BookOfTheMonth classicmystery.blog/2025/10/01/t...

New review - out next week from Simon Brett and @severnhouse.bsky.social #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/09/29/m...

Very rare, but more findable than some titles I've reviewed. And you really should find it... #LockedRoomMystery #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/09/26/i...

This is fun and ##Booksky 📚 should take up the cause.

Looks like AI-bots are scraping content from mine and other blogs, but I might have a solution… and you can help! #BookSky #ClassicCrime classicmystery.blog/2025/09/25/a...

New review - out in a couple of weeks time from @stormbooksco.bsky.social #BookSky #CosyMystery classicmystery.blog/2025/09/24/m...