Book and Puzzle Review: Cain’s Jawbone: A Novel Problem (The Strand Magazine proudly presents this review of Cain’s Jawbone.) Cain’s Jawbone is a unique book and puzzle.  The title comes from the first recorded murder weapon.  The premise is irresistible. A one hundred page-long novella, with all of the pages out of order.  The goal is to […]

Book Review: The Last Thing She Remembers  (The Strand Magazine proudly presents this review of The Last Thing She Remembers.) When a woman claiming to suffer from amnesia wanders into an English village, the aftershocks of her arrival will change the town forever.  Who is she?  Does she really have amnesia, or is she lying?  This is […]

Book Review: The Inspector Dover Novels (The Strand Magazine proudly presents these book reviews.) DCI Wilfred Dover is lazy, unhygienic, rude, gluttonous, ill-tempered, sticky-fingered, and one of the most entertaining detectives of twentieth-century crime fiction.  His creator, Joyce Porter, wrote ten novels and several short stories featuring Scotland Yard’s most boorish and crude sleuth, along with […]