Freelance critic, reviewer and writer; author of You're a Brick, Angela! and The Lady Investigates (OPB 1986) both with Mary Cadogan

'highly entertaining'John Mortimer, Mail on Sunday

• The stir outside the Cafe Royal, Clarence Rook; silver blaze, Arthur Conan Doyle; the mysterious visitor, R.Austin Freeman; the case of Laker, absconded, Arthur Morrison; the oracle of the dog, G.K.Chesterton; the genuine tabard, E.C.Bentley; the dead leaves, H.C.Bailey; the mystery of the sleeping car express, Freeman Wills Crofts; the purple line, John Rhode; solved by inspection, Ronald Knox; the henpecked murderer, Roy Vickers; superintendent Wilson's holiday, G.D.H.Cole and M.Cole; the witness for the prosecution, Agatha Christie; the avenging chance, Anthony Berkeley; murder at Pentecost, Dorothy L.Sayers; death on the air, Ngaio Marsh; Miss Burnside's dilemma, Cyril Hare; Daisy Bell, Gladys Mitchell; three is a lucky number, Margery Allingham; the assassins' club, Nicholas Blake; the house in Goblin Wood, Carter Dickson; the furies, Michael Innes; the hornets' nest, Christianna Brand; the murderer, Julian Symons; the killing of Michael Finnegan, Michael Gilbert; murder at St.Oswald's, Michael Underwood; Great Aunt Allie's flypapers, P.D.James; Baker dies, Edmund Crispin and Geoffrey Bush; a dangerous thing, H.R.F.Keating; thornapple, Ruth Rendell; the Oxford way of death, Robert Barnard; bring back the cat, Reginald Hill; how's your mother?, Simon Brett.

Freelance critic, reviewer and writer; author of You're a Brick, Angela! and The Lady Investigates (OPB 1986) both with Mary Cadogan

'highly entertaining'John Mortimer, Mail on Sunday

• The stir outside the Cafe Royal, Clarence Rook; silver blaze, Arthur Conan Doyle; the mysterious visitor, R.Austin Freeman; the case of Laker, absconded, Arthur Morrison; the oracle of the dog, G.K.Chesterton; the genuine tabard, E.C.Bentley; the dead leaves, H.C.Bailey; the mystery of the sleeping car express, Freeman Wills Crofts; the purple line, John Rhode; solved by inspection, Ronald Knox; the henpecked murderer, Roy Vickers; superintendent Wilson's holiday, G.D.H.Cole and M.Cole; the witness for the prosecution, Agatha Christie; the avenging chance, Anthony Berkeley; murder at Pentecost, Dorothy L.Sayers; death on the air, Ngaio Marsh; Miss Burnside's dilemma, Cyril Hare; Daisy Bell, Gladys Mitchell; three is a lucky number, Margery Allingham; the assassins' club, Nicholas Blake; the house in Goblin Wood, Carter Dickson; the furies, Michael Innes; the hornets' nest, Christianna Brand; the murderer, Julian Symons; the killing of Michael Finnegan, Michael Gilbert; murder at St.Oswald's, Michael Underwood; Great Aunt Allie's flypapers, P.D.James; Baker dies, Edmund Crispin and Geoffrey Bush; a dangerous thing, H.R.F.Keating; thornapple, Ruth Rendell; the Oxford way of death, Robert Barnard; bring back the cat, Reginald Hill; how's your mother?, Simon Brett.

Freelance critic, reviewer and writer; author of You're a Brick, Angela! and The Lady Investigates (OPB 1986) both with Mary Cadogan

'highly entertaining'John Mortimer, Mail on Sunday

• The stir outside the Cafe Royal, Clarence Rook; silver blaze, Arthur Conan Doyle; the mysterious visitor, R.Austin Freeman; the case of Laker, absconded, Arthur Morrison; the oracle of the dog, G.K.Chesterton; the genuine tabard, E.C.Bentley; the dead leaves, H.C.Bailey; the mystery of the sleeping car express, Freeman Wills Crofts; the purple line, John Rhode; solved by inspection, Ronald Knox; the henpecked murderer, Roy Vickers; superintendent Wilson's holiday, G.D.H.Cole and M.Cole; the witness for the prosecution, Agatha Christie; the avenging chance, Anthony Berkeley; murder at Pentecost, Dorothy L.Sayers; death on the air, Ngaio Marsh; Miss Burnside's dilemma, Cyril Hare; Daisy Bell, Gladys Mitchell; three is a lucky number, Margery Allingham; the assassins' club, Nicholas Blake; the house in Goblin Wood, Carter Dickson; the furies, Michael Innes; the hornets' nest, Christianna Brand; the murderer, Julian Symons; the killing of Michael Finnegan, Michael Gilbert; murder at St.Oswald's, Michael Underwood; Great Aunt Allie's flypapers, P.D.James; Baker dies, Edmund Crispin and Geoffrey Bush; a dangerous thing, H.R.F.Keating; thornapple, Ruth Rendell; the Oxford way of death, Robert Barnard; bring back the cat, Reginald Hill; how's your mother?, Simon Brett.