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    • Academy Chicago Publishers
      An imprint of the Chicago Review Press. Features a number of interesting authors, most long out of print, plus some other odds and ends, including some horror stories by Conan Doyle.
    • Crippen & Landru
      Crippen & Landru publish mystery short story collections. Of particular interest is what they call "Lost Classics," a series of anthologies of mostly uncollected stories by authors who might be enjoyed by a new generation of readers.
    • Dean Street Press
      This small British publisher has a great many classic crime books in its much broader catalog. They are bringing back many Golden Age classics by authors who deserve another chance at a new audience.
    • Felony & Mayhem
      This publisher specializes in classic mysteries, broadly defined, including newer mysteries that adhere to classic standards. They have just overhauled their website to make it much more informative and user-friendly.
    • Locked Room International
      A small press, specializing in very good English-language translations of (so far) mostly-French authors of locked room and impossible crime stories. They publish in Print-On-Demand and electronic editions.
    • Merion Press
      The Merion Press is an independent publisher of out-of-print works that were originally published over 75 years ago, but are enduring even today.
    • MysteriousPress.com
      The brainchild of editor/anthologist/author/bookstore-owner Otto Penzler, the Mysterious Press has recently returned to life and now works with Open Road Media as an electronic book publisher. It is already republishing the work of a lot of classic authors, with more books on the way.
    • Oconee Spirit Press
      A small, independent publisher committed to publishing "lively fiction, and provocative non-fiction." Most of their list covers early works by established authors writing traditional mysteries, such as Carolyn Hart and Margaret Maron.
    • Oleander Press
      This small eclectic British publisher has begun publishing a series of classic British mystery novels, primarily from the Golden Age. The series is grouped into a section of their catalogue named "London Bound," as the books are set in London.
    • Ostara Publishing
      "Ostara Publishing re-issues titles that have unjustifiably become unavailable either through the ravages of time or the forces of publishing economics. We specialise in Crime and Thriller fiction titles and our range goes from the1920s through to the 21st century. We publish thematically and currently have six series available. All our titles are published in a 'trade paperback' format and printed to order."
    • Poisoned Pen Press
      Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Poisoned Pen Press publishes a fairly wide variety of mysteries. Some are reprints; many are new, by newer authors. Their website has a great deal of information about their books and authors.

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    December 08, 2011

    Know Your Vintage Mysteries?

    Here's a little something to keep you awake tonight. John, the (usually) genial host of the Pretty Sinister Books blog, has come up with a challenging - all right, fiendish - quiz about vintage mysteries. He's offering some prizes for the people who submit the most correct answers.

    Follow this link to see the quiz and find details on how to enter. There are a lot of tough questions (yes, tough, John. Don't argue), but readers of this blog or other blogs that focus on traditional and vintage mysteries should do reasonably well. What are you waiting for?

    Hat tip: Yvette's "In So Many Words" blog.

    Posted at 07:54 PM in Reading Challenges |

    Tags: classic mysteries, mysteries, mystery, reading challenges, vintage mysteries

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    John

    Thanks for the plug, Les. I admit that I went overboard with some toughies. And my moods are in a constant state of flux. Trying to remedy that "(usually) genial" problem of mine. ;^)

    Posted by: John | December 08, 2011 at 08:25 PM

    Yvette

    Are you entering, Les? I should hope so. There aren't many of us who know more about Vintage than you. You'll have the head start, for sure. :)

    P.S. I'm reading my first Cyril Hare book. Did I read about him on your blog? Or John's? Who know. It's all good.

    Posted by: Yvette | December 09, 2011 at 01:05 PM

    Les Blatt

    John, this is fun - I'm working out my copy of "Detectionary," along with the usual Googling and the other books I have in my library. But some of them are indeed toughies. I'll be entering - in the next few days, as I find more answers...(grumbles his way back into the book room...)

    Posted by: Les Blatt | December 09, 2011 at 01:57 PM

    Les Blatt

    Yvette, I'll be entering - eventually. There are some tough ones here, particularly in the relationships between some of the books. This is particularly true as I've reached a point in life where I have to really think hard about the plots of books I have read in the past. Much of my reading now is of authors who are back in print again, as I try to limit my podcast reviews to readily available books. However, I've just discovered on Amazon that Cyril Hare apparently DOES have some books in print - so it's time for me to start digging some out...sigh...that TBR pile is going to fall on me one of these days...

    Posted by: Les Blatt | December 09, 2011 at 02:02 PM

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