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This bail is more a reflection of my reading mood than the book. Dorothy B. Hughes has interesting plots and writes well, but I just couldn't find the headspace to get into this one.

This would be a perfect cozy mystery to read around Halloween. It has vampires, murder, and a seance. Sophie Watson is in charge of the haunted house for Old Town this year. The high school kids can earn extra points by helping out. The haunted house had a vampire living there supposedly in the past. When someone is murdered at a party with marks on their neck, the kids swear it's a vampire. Could they be right?

4⭐️

Not on Litsy yet, but on NetGalley. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼😱😱😱😱

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This was one of my absolute favourite,edge of the seat adventure books when I was a kid.I could probably read it now and still love it!
From a children's book,definitely George Kirrin of The Famous Five,not perfect at all,straining against the constraints of girlhood,a clever rebellion against expected behaviours.
I read The Long Goodbye and would give it all the stars!!

I'm not always a fan of Anthony Berkeley, but this one was fun -- it was explicitly written for the audience to figure out, and the British Library reissue includes Berkeley's reports on the results of the contest. I wouldn't have won either, there was definitely a clue I didn't fully appreciate.

April 21st #DynasticDs Dilemma This is a great tv series @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I thoroughly enjoyed this Golden Age murder mystery. The characters are almost all over-the-top cariacatures, and as such, were hilarious. Gossip and judgment turns to murder and there‘s suspicion all around—and there‘s no shortage of witty dialogue and clever characterization along the way. This was my December #BookSpin (yes, another belated review!).

As always a good read. I think I'm becoming a bit too well attuned though, guessed the murderer pretty early on.