Spot Review: Shocking, Just Shocking

"Shocking Fiction - The Season's Best Detective and Mystery Stories" by Gerald R. Denny

- T. P.'s Weekly, June 29, 1929.

AS you can see, our reviewer is careful to distinguish between "the detective story proper" ("Such a story appeals to the intellect") and "thrillers" ("in which the probabilities are ignored from the first page to the last").

References:

- "Mr. Baldwin" (HERE).

- "Mr. Snowden" (HERE).

- "George A. Birmingham" (HERE).

- The Best Detective Stories of the Year (full TOC HERE).

Resources:

- Mr. Fortune Speaking (online HERE; borrow only).

- The Inconsistent Villains (online HERE; fair copy).

- The Mystery of Jack the Ripper reviewed (HERE).

- The Silent Murders reviewed (HERE).

- The Bishop Murder Case (online HERE). Other Philo Vance novels online at RGL (HERE).