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Colleen Cambridge

Book Review: A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge

By Janet Webb

November 29, 2022

A Taste of Poison brings to mind the old adage, “too many cooks spoil the broth.” Agatha Christie has gathered a miscellany of mystery writers to her country estate, all Detection Club members. It’s the crème de la crème of Golden Age crime fiction: Dorothy Sayers, G.K. Chesterton, and Anthony Berkeley. Christie’s right-hand woman, head…

Book Review: Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge

By Janet Webb

November 4, 2021

A housekeeper discovers a dead body in the library early one morning, rather a clichéd start to a mystery. But Phyllida Bright is no ordinary housekeeper. She is the head of household at her old friend’s stately country manor: her friend is Mrs. Max Mallowan aka Agatha Christie, the famous mystery novelist.  It’s the 1930s.…

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