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Who’s Calling - Helen McCloy

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  Once more I have been lucky to receive a book from the Crime Classics Review Club to review. This time it is Who’s Calling by Helen McCloy. It is published by Agora Books in the series Uncrowned Queens of Crime. It is a Dr Basil Willing Mystery - number 4 in the series. Frieda Frey is a singer in a night club and recently engaged to Archie Cranford. Archie’s mother Eve lives in Willow Spring, and Frieda and Archie are going  for a visit to introduce Frieda to Archie’s mother. Shortly before leaving Frieda gets an anonymous call warning / threatening her  not to go. Arriving at Willow Spring supernatural things begin to take place and later on a murder. Dr Basil Willing is summoned to investigate. The murder takes place at a dance held by Eve’s friends. They are Mark Lindsey (senator), his wife Julia- their young son Ted -  and Ellis (a niece) . A cousin Chalkey and his bodyguard Ernesto turn up just before they are leaving for the ball. It is among this little group of people the mur
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Cue for Murder - Helen McCloy

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  Cue for Murder by Helen McCloy is the fifth in the Dr. Basil Willing series. Willing finds himself in a complicated case, when a murder is committed on stage in the Royal Theater in full view of the audience. At the beginning there are no alibis,  no fingerprints, no motives, no tell-tale looks or gestures. The only clues are a canary and a fly. Basil Willing needs his psychological insight, his keen eye and his deductive abilities. It is a well written crime novel in the classic English tradition, and I enjoyed the reunion with Dr. Basil Willing very much! I got this e-book from Crime Classics via NetGalley. It is published in the series from  Agora Books called Uncrowned Queens of Crime.
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Dish Cloth 88

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Cast on  60 stitches and knit 4 rows and then pattern. Remember to start and end all rows with 2 k . When the cloth has the desired length you knit 4 rows and  bind off. Pattern: 1.row: 2 p, 6 k 2.row: 5 p, 2 k, 1 p 3.row: 2 k, 2 p, 4 k 4.row: 3 p, 2 k, 3 p 5.row: 6 p, 2 k 6.row: as row 5 7.row: 1 k, 2 p, 5 k 8.row: 4 p, 2 k, 2 p 9.row: 3 k, 2 p, 3 k 10.row: as row 1 X X X X X X 10 X X 9 X X 8 X X 7 X X 6 X X X X X X 5 X X 4 X X 3 X X 2 X X 1 You have to remember that all uneven rows start in the right side of the diagram and X=purl and ▢= knit. All equal rows start in the left side of the diagram and X=knit and ▢=purl. It is knitted with cotton 8/4 and needles number 3
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Dish Coth 87

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Cast on 60 stitches and knit 6 rows and then pattern. Remember to start and end all rows with 3 k . When the cloth has the desired length you knit 6 rows and bind off. Pattern: 1.row: 5 k, 1 p 2.row: 3 k, 3 p 3.row: 1 k, 5 p 4.row: purl 4 X X X X X 3 X X X 2 X 1 You have to remember that all uneven rows start in the right side of the diagram and X=purl and ▢= knit. All equal rows start in the left side of the diagram and X=knit and ▢=purl. It is knitted with cotton 8/4 and needles number 3
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Dish Coth 86

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  Cast on 60 stitches and knit 6 rows and then pattern. When the cloth has the desired length you knit 6 rows and bind off. Pattern:  1.row: 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 7 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k  2.row: 2 p, 1 k, 4 p, 1 k ,4 p, 1 k, 2 p  3.row: 6 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 6 k  4.row: 5 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 5 p  5.row: as row 3  6.row: as row 2  7.row: as row 1  8.row: 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 5 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k, 1 p, 1 k X X X X X X 8 X X X X 7 X X X 6 X X 5 X X X 4 X X 3 X X X 2 X X X X 1 You have to remember that all uneven rows start in the right side of the diagram and X=purl and ▢= knit. All equal rows start in the left side of the diagram and X=knit and ▢=purl. It is knitted with cotton 8/4 and needles number 3
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