" No Chinaman must figure in the story." " Ten Commandments for Detective Fiction " I mention this basically every time ...

Rationality, that was it. No esoteric mumbo jumbo could fool that fellow. Lord, no! His two feet were planted solidly on God's good eart...

" The more that you read, the more things you will know." " I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! "    I know I haven't been...

" Thoroughly respectable and honest. Not, perhaps, remarkable for brains ." " Murder on the Orient Express " Now I think...

Firmitas, utilitas et venustas   " De architectura "       Firmness, commidity and delight   " On Architecture " I wante...

Primum non nocere First, do not harm I like the style of the illustrations on this cover, though I wish it was a bit more obvious which char...

" Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled." " Eleonora "  Eight locked room murders in the last rev...