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No sign of these two v rare 1955 books yet for today's #MurderEveryMonday so better rectify that... @DeanStPress

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Arrest the Bishop? by Winifred Peck #FreetillFriday on Kindle this week! 😊 The author came from the brilliant Knox family. Her brothers included a Punch editor, an Enigma codebreaker, and a mystery writer. Intro by Martin Edwards @medwardsbooks Links below 👇

Stepping back in time for this week's #MurderEveryMonday! 🕰️🔪 Dedicating this week’s challenge @ArmchairSleuth to the thrilling vintage vibes of 1955. #ClassicCrime

It's #MurderEveryMonday and this week's theme is a crime fiction originally published in 1955. Not sure what #MurderEveryMonday is? Here's the link: crossexaminingcrime.com/2023/02/05/mur… Want to know what themes are coming up next? Here's the link: crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverymon…

Thank you so much for the kind words! 🥰❤ "Dean Street Press – possibly my favorite small press – has reissued the series in its entirety" #ERPunshon #classiccrime allthevintageladies.com/2026/05/23/the…

Talbot-Daracq, Eric Ravilious, 1934. It depicts the wreck of a vintage car close to the house at Brick House, Great Bardfield in #Essex where he lived in the early 30s. The original artwork is in the collection of @TownerGallery.

I've done a blogpost on THAT Guardian list of the best novels, and also made my own (shorter) list. The picture's a giveaway to my top book clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2026/05/that-g…

Newhaven Harbour, Eric Ravilious, 1935. It depicts the harbour lighthouse in this famous East #Sussex port, much beloved by Ravilious. The original artwork is in a private collection.

Today on the newsletter: a silly piece on how adaptations of Austen and Le Carre imply that the same group of people reappeared hundreds of years apart... (Link in next)

Incredible vlog by Jen - the ultimate DESsie!🤩 Her history of how D.E. Stevenson's work fell out of print is spot on. We’re so proud at Dean Street Press to have reprinted 19 of her books so far, with 2 more coming this July! 📚✨ youtube.com/watch?v=RdtL57…

Helen McNichol painted 'An English Beach,' (c1905) at St Ives on the west coast of Cornwall, there is enough of a sea haze to hide the cliffs on the right-hand side of the cove; a picture that suggests long summer holidays.

The Divine Comedy has likely inspired more great art than any other single book save the Bible. A thread:

Fortune-telling in books: especially crime stories. What a great topic, and I'm hoping for reader input - even if just to tell me that they saw this post coming.... See my list here clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2026/05/can-yo…

@jembloomfield Apparently a ‘sherry martini’ is a thing… 🍸😮 seriouseats.com/sherry-martini…

A character at a wartime literary party in this Evelyn Waugh novel has been offered a drink made half of South African sherry and half of Old Falstaff Gin. Gosh.

My latest books cartoon for the @guardian

@SketchesbyBoze Much closer to my own list than the Guardian!

My very personal list of ninety favorite books, as of about ten minutes ago. Middlemarch will almost certainly be near the top once I finish it.

@kaggsy59 How appropriate! 😍

On the Ramblings today - a stunning Scottish poet! "To find the music of the words..." #williamjtait #adaybetweentheweathers kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/to-…