Benjamin Cann has walked free from the Old Bailey, cleared of murdering his mistress. Except for the fact that he did – well, it might have been an accident, but then again, it might not have been.…

Rosaleen Wright was the assistant to Luther Grandison, a powerful and charismatic actor, with a voice seeming capable of persuading anyone to do anything. When she committed suicide, hanging hersel…

Summertime, and the killing is easy… I think that’s how the song goes. Summer is supposed to be full of brightness and light, but all light casts shadows for murderers to hide in, and there are a l…

With Christmas and New Year on the very near horizon, 2025 is virtually wrapped up, and my reading over the holiday period will be largely focused on the new releases for 2026 that I have received,…

Here as promised is a list of the classic crime stories that have been reprinted during 2025. This list is here to help fill your TBR piles to bursting and it might also aid you in any nominations …

One author has two books appearing on the list, can you guess who?

Barry Turner reviews Classic Crime

Anthony Mallaby’s life has led him to Little Wokeham. A doctor in the declining years of his career for a number of reasons, he has taken the role of a GP in the village. He soon becomes close to t…

So, dear reader, I present you with a Chinese Puzzle. Not the apparently rubbish and definitely problematc Miles Burton book, no, it concerns the visits to my site. Here’s a bar chart of the visito…

Waldstein’s Folly is in danger of being demolished. A London establishment, a acoustically perfect concert hall, it has housed its three-storey organ as its centrepiece (despite orchestras not usua…

1928, New Year’s Eve, Dartmoor. Ravenswick Abbey, the family seat of the Ravenswick family. A gathering for family and faithful servants is arranged in the upstairs room of the bed-bound Lord Raven…

🎬 From 1989 to 2006, Hollywood's secret mob rulers controlled everything behind the scenes. Studio deals made in back rooms, A-list stars paying protection money, and producers who answered to made men. 🕴️ Learn how the REAL Goodfellas infiltrated Tinseltown, running everything from casting to cocaine distribution. 💰 Shocking FBI wiretaps reveal which beloved films were actually mob money-laundering operations. 🎭 Which Oscar-winning director was caught on tape begging a capo for his life? Which action star worked as a mob enforcer? The stories that'll rewrite Hollywood history. 🗡️ Warning: Some players in this story are still dangerously active in the industry today. 😱

Dr Gideon Fell meets a man in a Somerset valley and learns of a murder that came up from the lake itself. Sir Henry Merrivale visits a house in Goblin Wood where a girl disappears from a cottage th…

🔪 25 stars who didn't die—they were killed. Studio fixers, corrupt cops, and powerful moguls erased these murders from history. From staged suicides to "accidental" overdoses—the blood Hollywood hid. 😱

Alberta Mansbridge was laying out the teacups for a Sunday afternoon – eight cups for almost everybody in her circle of… well, friends might be pushing it, but family, acquaintances and a couple of…

It seemed a foolproof plan for a new sort of cruise ship – well-fitted out, cruising around the coast of Great Britain, with passengers embarking and disembarking where they choose. Harry Morrison …