Headline of the Year: Author of ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ arrested for allegedly killing her husband 

Posted: September 12, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Life has apparently imitated art for one romance writer.

Storm Gifford reports: In a twist of irony so devious it would have turned Agatha Christie green with envy, Oregon chef Daniel Brophy was found shot to death nearly seven years after his wife of 27 years penned an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband.”

Nancy Crampton-Brophy, the writer of sensuous mysteries such as “Hell on the Heart” and “The Wrong Husband,” was arrested for murder on Sept. 5 — more than three months after the death of her spouse.

“Dan was one of the very few people I’ve known that knew exactly what he wanted in life and loved doing it,” she said at a candlelight vigil two days after Daniel’s demise.

Oregon cops were mum on arrest details such as why Crampton-Brophy, 68, was taken into custody only last week for the June 2 shooting.

“Detectives believe Nancy L. Crampton-Brophy is the suspect in Daniel C. Brophy’s murder,” said Portland police, who refused to discuss motive or evidence. Read the rest of this entry »

Pulp Fiction Q: Which One?

Posted: December 3, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Detective Fiction: January 1951 issue 

Posted: November 26, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Detective World, November 1951 Issue 

Posted: August 21, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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The Case of the Winking Buddha, 1950

Posted: August 19, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment
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gentlemanlosergentlemanjunkie – SeattleMysteryBooks

 

French Poster for the American film Noir ‘Gun Crazy’, which Premiered in France as ‘Le Démon des Armes’ today in 1950

Posted: August 19, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, France, Mediasphere | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Above, a French promo poster for the American film noir Gun Crazy, which premiered in France as Le Démon des armes today in 1950.

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‘Give Me Liberty Or I Give You Death!’ Revealing Detective, June 1949 Issue

Posted: August 18, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘The Avenger’, September 1939 Issue, Cover Art by H.W. Scott

Posted: August 11, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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September 1939 issue

Cover art by H.W. Scott

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Pulp Fiction: ‘Lady, That’s My Skull’

Posted: June 2, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘Nothing More Than Murder’

Posted: April 12, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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1949 Harper hardcover

1991 Black Lizard paperback reissue

cover art by Kirwan

Seattle Mystery Bookshop

Front Page Detective: ‘My Price Is Murder”

Posted: April 4, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: Murder by Latitude by Rufus King, Cover Art by Rudolph Belarski, 1950

Posted: March 31, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Rufus King, Murder by Latitude, 1950; cover art by Rudolph Belarski.

1930 Doubleday hardcover

3rd with Lt. Valcour

Seattle Mystery Bookshop

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Pulp Fiction: ‘Triangle of Sin’

Posted: February 28, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘I’ll Kill You Next!’ 1954

Posted: February 12, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Source: box-o-paperbacks

‘Confessions Of A Chinatown Moll’

Posted: February 4, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, China, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

chinatown-moll

Confessions Of A Chinatown Moll 

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Pulp Fiction Cover: ‘Die by Night’

Posted: January 16, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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‘A Creature of Uncontrollable Compulsions’

Posted: January 12, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment
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‘Tagebuch eines Mörders’, John D. Carr

Posted: January 4, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Master Detective: ‘Death Keeps an Assignation: The Blonde Playgirl’s Rendezvous’

Posted: December 29, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Master Detective: ‘Undercover Man’

Posted: December 29, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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‘The Mechanical Monkey Murder’

Posted: December 29, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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The Mechanical Monkey Murder

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Pulp Fiction: ‘Hot Dames on Cold Slabs’

Posted: December 20, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Cover: LINE-UP Detective Crime ‘Where Does Dope Come From?’

Posted: November 27, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Crime & Corruption, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

LINE-UP

Where Does Dope Come From?

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Pulp Cover: ‘Sailor’s Weekend’

Posted: November 12, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Amazing Stories: ‘Beyond The Rings Of Saturn’

Posted: November 12, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Beyond The Rings Of Saturn  – pulpcovers

 

‘Amazing Detective Cases’, June 1942 Issue, Cover Art by Peter Driben

Posted: November 7, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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June 1942 issue. Cover art by Peter Driben

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Pulp Fiction: ‘The Other One’

Posted: November 1, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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The Other One  Cover Art Bob Hilbert

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Pulp Fiction: ‘Beloved Traitor’

Posted: October 28, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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1950 published as Lady, Toll That Bell

1960 republished with this new title

Seattle Mystery Bookshop

‘The Widow Had Too Many Sweeties’

Posted: October 26, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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The Widow Had Too Many Sweeties 

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Pulp Fiction: ‘Night School’

Posted: October 25, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘The White Dress’, 1946

Posted: October 25, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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1946 Random House hardcover, 1949 Bantam paperback reissue

Seattle Mystery Bookshop

Pulp Fiction: ‘Walk a Wicked Mile’

Posted: October 24, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Thrilling Wonder Stories: ‘The Faceless Men’

Posted: October 21, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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The Faceless Men

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‘Taxi Driver’: The Book

Posted: October 21, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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POLICE REPORT: ‘All True Cases’, 1955

Posted: October 19, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Rocket Stories, 1953

Posted: October 13, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Robotics, Science & Technology | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rocket-Stories

Welcome, Voyagers 

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Street & Smith’s Detective Story, 1938

Posted: October 13, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘Super-Detective’

Posted: October 12, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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April 1942 issue

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‘The Phantom in the Murder Machine’

Posted: October 8, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: Cover illustration by H. L. Parkhurst for Spicy Mystery, June, 1935

Posted: September 28, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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