Indeed, he read very little except detective stories, which he devoured at a rate of one a day. Ronald Knox, The Motive
Street photographers Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kuzak don’t think it’s a big deal when they kidnap Mr. Pigeon. He’s already been missing for seven years, and they’re just going to keep him for a week until he’s declared dead. They figure his partner, Harkness Penneyth, can collect from the insurance and then will be happy …
Continue reading The Sunday Pigeon Murders by Craig Rice (1942)
The Case of the April Fools by Christopher Bush (1933) During a meeting with partners Courtney Allard and Charlie Crewe to negotiate the lease on a theater, Ludovic Travers learns that Crewe has been receiving death threats which he refuses to take seriously. Then a very curious thing occurs. That evening, Ludo overhears these same …