John Bude
Birth date: January 01, 1901
Died: November 08, 1957
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A wry look at a group that we would now refer to as pagan but then was simply dismissed as a cult. The Children of Osiris and the members of it, who range from the egotistical to the fanatic and all the shades between. I recognised several of the people from groups I've seen. When two of the members...
John Bude, Martin Edwards writes in The History of Classic Crime in 100 Books, deliberately set his first three books in picturesque real life locations -- which then also appeared in the books' respective titles -- to set a counterpoint to the golden age mystery trope of concocting fictional countr...
Taking more than a few cues from Murder at the Vicarage, published in 1930, Bude's 1935 mystery is quite entertaining if a bit derivative. I love books set on the coast of Cornwall - and this one is also set in March, so it has all of the blustery, windswept charm that we might expect. The vicar a...
See my full review at Mystereity ReviewsIn the affluent neighborhood of Cheltenham Square, things aren't as harmonious as it seems. The ten houses are host to simmering rivalries, anger, and hatred that lead to a shocking death. Superintendent Meredith is visiting Cheltenham Square for a few days wi...
This was a quaint old-school murder mystery from 1935. It features an Inspector Bisgwell who seems to come up with his theories a bit precipitously and an amateur detective, the Vicar Dodd, who up to this point has only solved murder mysteries in books (the thrillers of the day) through his library ...
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