Bodies From the Library 2024, and some London book-hunting
A few days ago, on June 1st, I went to Bodies From the Library for the second time. In case you're not familiar, Bodies From the Library is a conference hosted each year at the British Library, dedicated to classic detective fiction. This year's talks featured live sound effects, an abundance of pierrots and harlequins, enough academic mysteries to fill several blackboards, more Edmund Crispin and historic true-crime facts than would fit in 30 minutes, some Miss Marple myths firmly busted, a few classic…