Sunday movie: SECRET AGENT (1936)

One of director Alfred Hitchcock's earliest triumphs, Secret Agent follows three British agents assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I. However, two of them begin to struggle with their consciences.

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Related links:
Sunday movie: THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1970)
Sunday movie: DILLINGER (1945)
Sunday movie: CHARADE (1963)
All Aboard For Murder: 10 Mysteries and Thrillers On Trains
Hitchcock 'Premiere Collection' coming Oct 14

Evanovich no more? Amazon vs. Macmillan

Blockbuster writer Janet Evanovich is just one of the many authors whose e-books are no longer available for sale directly from Amazon, a result of the recent tug-of-war between Amazon and publisher Macmillan over the pricing of e-books. Amazon's position is to sell the books for less than they are worth in order to sell more copies of their Kindle reader (which cost a lot of money). Macmillan demanded that Amazon sell the publisher's ebooks at a higher price ... so Amazon simply pulled the plug on all the publisher's titles.

This morning, Evanovich posted on Facebook:

Due to circumstances beyond our control a dispute has arisen between Amazon and my primary publisher Macmillan. The result is that Amazon has removed all Macmillan books from the Amazon website. This was a decision made by Amazon, not Macmillan. We regret this inconvenience. You can still find my books, and books by other Macmillan authors, at any other store or website in the universe where books are cheerfully sold.

More reports here:
Amazon Halts Sales of Macmillan Titles (Publishers Weekly)
Amazon pulls Macmillan titles in first e-book skirmish (Los Angeles Times)
Indie Bookseller Rallying Support for Macmillan (Publishers Weekly)
Amazon and Macmillan go to war: readers and writers are the civilian casualties (Boing Boing)

MISS MARPLE by Agatha Christie

The complete list of mysteries starring senior sleuth Miss Jane Marple, written by Agatha Christie:

The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
The Tuesday Club Murders (The Thirteen Problems) (1932)
The Body in the Library (1942)
The Moving Finger (1943)
A Murder is Announced (1950)
Three Blind Mice (1950)
They Do It with Mirrors (Murder with Mirrors) (1952)
A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
4.50 from Paddington (What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!) (1957)
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (The Mirror Crack'd) (1962)
A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
Nemesis (1971)
Sleeping Murder (1976)
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (1979)
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

Related links:
Crime Fiction Alphabet: N is for Nemesis
All Aboard For Murder: 10 Mysteries on Trains
The changing face of traditional mystery fiction
Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple
Agatha Christie meets Doctor Who

More detectives:
HERCULE POIROT by Agatha Christie
TOMMY and TUPPENCE by Agatha Christie
DRURY LANE by Ellery Queen
HENRIE O (Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins) by Carolyn Hart
EARL WALKER (Hometown Mysteries) by Chris Well
Retirement is Murder: 10 Senior Sleuths
100 Mystery Series: 1887-2010

Crime TV updates (Jan 30)

What's hot at Crime TV:

01 Rock out with MANNIX! (Neil Diamond, Buffalo Springfield, more)
02 Dr. Horrible vs. Batman
03 Watch BIONIC WOMAN episodes free online!
04 Opening Theme: NBC Mystery Movie (Columbo)
05 PSYCH kicks off tonight (Jan 27)
06 Watch IT TAKES A THIEF episodes free online!
07 Opening Theme: PETER GUNN
08 Watch CHARLIE'S ANGELS episodes free online!
09 Watch ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1954) episodes free online!
10 Opening Theme: KOJAK
11 Watch MATT HELM episodes free online!
12 Opening Theme: ALIAS
13 Opening Theme: STARSKY & HUTCH
14 Opening Theme: SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
15 Opening Theme: HAWAII FIVE-O
16 Opening Theme: THE SAINT
17 Watch MR. MONK AND SHARONA free online
18 Opening Theme: DAN AUGUST
19 Watch DRAGNET episodes free online!
20 Promo for the next PSYCH (Feb 3)
21 Watch the DICK TRACY serial free online!
22 Opening Theme: MEDICAL CENTER
23 ASK DISHER: "What do you think of online dating?"
24 Watch CASTLE episodes free online!
25 Opening Theme: THE ROOKIES

Detectives: ALBERT CAMPION by Margery Allingham

Complete list of mysteries starring aristocratic amateur sleuth Albert Campion. Written by Margery Allingham:

The Crime at Black Dudley (Black Dudley Murder) (1929)
Mystery Mile (1930)
Look to the Lady (The Gyrth Chalice Mystery) (1931)
Police at the Funeral (1931)
Sweet Danger (Kingdom of Death; The Fear Sign) (1933)
Death of a Ghost (1934)
Flowers for the Judge (Legacy in Blood) (1936)
Dancers in Mourning (Who Killed Chloe?) (1937)
The Case of the Late Pig (1937)
The Fashion in Shrouds (1938)
Mr. Campion and Others (1939)
Traitor's Purse (The Sabotage Murder Mystery) (1941)
Coroner's Pidgin (Pearls Before Swine) (1945)
More Work for the Undertaker (1948)
The Tiger in the Smoke (1952)
The Beckoning Lady (The Estate of the Beckoning Lady) (1955)
Hide My Eyes (Tether's End and Ten Were Missing) (1958)
The China Governess (1962)
The Mind Readers (1965)
Cargo of Eagles (1968)*
Mr. Campion's Farthing (1969)*
The Allingham Case-Book (1969)
Mr. Campion's Falcon (Mr. Campion's Quarry) (1970)*
The Allingham Minibus (Mr. Campion's Lucky Day and Other Stories) (1973)
The Return of Mr. Campion (1989)

*by Philip Youngman Carter

More detectives:
HERCULE POIROT by Agatha Christie
CHARLIE CHAN by Earl Derr Biggers
PHILO VANCE by S.S. Van Dine
ELLERY QUEEN and INSPECTOR QUEEN by Ellery Queen
DR. GIDEON FELL by John Dickson Carr
100 Mystery Series: 1887-2010

Detectives: John Dickson Carr's DR. GIDEON FELL

A complete list of mysteries starring amateur sleuth Dr. Gideon Fell, written by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), mystery fiction's Golden Age master of locked room mysteries and impossible crimes:

Hag's Nook (1933)
The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933)
The Eight of Swords (1934)
The Blind Barber (1934)
Death-Watch (1935)
The Hollow Man (aka The Three Coffins) (1935)
The Arabian Nights Murder (1936)
The Burning Court (1937)
To Wake the Dead (1937)
The Crooked Hinge (1938)
The Problem of the Green Capsule (1939)
The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939)
The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940)
The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941)
Death Turns the Tables (1941)
The Seat of the Scornful (1941)
Till Death Do Us Part (1944)
He Who Whispers (1946)
The Sleeping Sphinx, (1947)
Below Suspicion (1949)
Patrick Butler for the Defense (1956)
The Dead Man's Knock (1958)
In Spite of Thunder (1960)
The House at Satan's Elbow (1965)
Panic in Box C (1966)
Dark of the Moon (1967)
Fell and Foul Play (1991)

More detectives:
25 Detectives -- from Sherlock Holmes to Adrian Monk
Agatha Christie's HERCULE POIROT
S.S. Van Dine's PHILO VANCE
ELLERY QUEEN and INSPECTOR QUEEN
Carolyn Keene's NANCY DREW
Rex Stout's NERO WOLFE and ARCHIE GOODWIN

Related links:
Murderous Beginnings: 40 Detective Fiction Firsts
Crime Fiction Alphabet: L is for LOCKED ROOM PUZZLES

Complete GOLDY SCHULZ by Diane Mott Davidson

Complete list of culinary mysteries starring caterer and amateur sleuth Goldy Schulz. Written by Diane Mott Davidson:

Catering to Nobody (1992)
Dying for Chocolate (1993)
The Cereal Murders (1994)
The Last Suppers (1995)
Killer Pancake (1996)
The Main Corpse (1997)
The Grilling Season (1998)
Prime Cut (2000)
Tough Cookie (2001)
Sticks & Scones (2001)
Chopping Spree (2003)
Double Shot (2005)
Dark Tort (2006)
Sweet Revenge (2007)
Fatally Flaky (2009)
Crunch Time: A Novel of Suspense (2011)

Related link: Diane Mott Davidson from HarperCollins Publishers (publisher site)

More amateur sleuths:
Complete LEE MCKINNEY (Chocoholic Mysteries) by JoAnna Carl
Complete CLARE COSI (Coffeehouse Mysteries) by Cleo Coyle
Complete PHYLLIS NEWSOM (Fresh Baked Mysteries) by Livia J. Washburn
Complete OLLIE PARAS (White House Chef Mystery series) by Julie Hyzy
Complete EARL WALKER Mysteries by Chris Well
100 Mystery Series: 1887-2010

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