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The Whipping Boys
A review of The Whipping Boys by Guy Cullingford – 260131 There is a distinct change of tone and mood in this the sixth novel written by Constance Dowdy under her pen name of Guy Cullingford. Whereas her previous novels have been light and laced with humour, this is a much grimmer story which explores the realities of life and the prejudices of a town in Britain in the late 1950s. It is very…
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Conjurer’s Coffin
A review of Conjurer’s Coffin by Guy Cullingford – 251127 Originally published in 1954 this is a tale of two triangles and legerdemain set in a seedy Soho hotel, the Bellevue, in the weeks leading up to and immediately after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Is it just me or does anyone else have to stop and realise that references to the Queen these days mean Camilla and not Elizabeth, so…
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Post Mortem
A review of Post Mortem by Guy Cullingford One of my undoubted finds of 2025 is Guy Cullingford, the ghost name, you might say, that Constance Taylor used for her series of a dozen crime fiction novels of which Post Mortem, originally published in 1953, is the third. It is a fascinating book laced with wit and humour, which takes the genre by the scruff of the neck and gives it a couple of sharp…
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If Wishes Were Hearses
A review of If Wishes were Hearses by Guy Cullingford – 251011 First appearing in a collection of Scottish proverbs dating from around 1628, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride, both a proverb and a nursery rhyme, suggests that if wishing could make something happen, then even the most destitute of people would have everything they wanted. With a murder mystery in mind, Cullingford, the…
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Murder With Relish
A review of Murder With Relish by Guy Cullingford – 2508 I came across Guy Cullingford through a short story in Martin Edwards’ British Library Crime Classics collection Cyanide in the Sun, a tale that was both inventive and brought a smile to my face. Her, Guy Cullingford is the pseudonym of Constance Taylor, first novel was Murder With Relish, originally published in 1948 although set in the…
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