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Edmond O´Brien-Deanna Durbin "Mi encantadora esposa" (The amazing mrs. Holliday) 1943, de Bruce Manning,Jean Renoir.

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The Mardi Gras Murders

Three murders mar the Mardis Gras in #NewOrleans in this 1932 #CrimeFiction story reissued by @DeanStPress #amreading

A review of The Mardi Gras Murders by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning Originally published in November 1932 and now reissued by Dean Street Press, The Mardi Gras Murders is the fourth and last crime novel that the journalist pairing of Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning produced. For the taxonomically inclined, it can be viewed as the second of their New Orleans stories, following on from The…

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Two And Two Make Twenty-Two

An intriguing piece of American #CrimeFiction rescued from obscurity by @DeanStPress #amreading

A review of Two and Two make Twenty-Two by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning This is another fascinating murder mystery, originally published in 1932, that has been rescued from obscurity by Dean Street Press. The story is unashamedly American but exhibits many of the features that readers expect from a good old-fashioned British Golden Age detective yarn. The first is the amateur sleuth, Daisy…

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The Gutenberg Murders

An impressive piece of #CrimeFiction drawing its inspiration from Greek mythology, plucked from obscurity by @DeanStPress #amreading

A review of The Gutenberg Murders by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning Published originally in 1931, this is the second murder mystery that Bristow and Manning wrote and Dean Street Press, who kindly sent me a review copy, should be congratulated for rescuing it from obscurity. It struck me as a much more mature and confident piece of work, better written and with more rounded characterisation than…

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The Invisible Host

The Invisible Host - a long-lost classic psychological thriller reissued by @DeanStPress #amreading #CrimeFiction

A review of The Invisible Host by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning This was the first collaboration between American husband-and-wife duo, Bruce Manning and Gwen Bristow, and was originally published in 1930. They collaborated on two further novels. It has now been reissued by Dean Street Press and they were kind enough to send me a review copy. Many thanks. It spawned, pre-publication, a play on…

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The Invisible Host. Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning. New York: The Mystery League, 1930. First edition. Original dust jacket art. 

“Will you read the telegram again?” came the voice over the wire. She read: “Congratulations stop plans afoot for small surprise party in your honor Bienville penthouse next Saturday eight o'clock stop all sub rose big surprise stop maintain secrecy stop promise you most original party ever staged in New Orleans Signed Your host.”

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The Mardi Gras Murders. Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning. New York: Mystery League, 1932. First edition. Original dust jacket.

Mystery League thriller about a secret satanic society whose roster had never been penetrated. A vicious murder occurs and it's secrets are spilled into the local papers. All of which casts a shadow over the Mardi Gras festivities.

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The Gutenberg Murders. Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning. New York: Mystery League, 1931. First edition. Original dust jacket; art by Gene Thurston.

Nine leaves from a Gutenberg bible have been stolen from the rare books collection of a private library. The chief suspect, assistant librarian Quentin Ulman, turns up dead. Head librarian Dr. Prentiss—“a scholar of pictures and legends, tall and slender, with a droop to his shoulders that suggested much bending over a desk, and long delicate hands that seemed made for caressing the crumbly pages of old books”—may not be the quiet bibliophile he seems.