The Columbo Collection created by William Link used to be a favorite entertainment, actually, one of the few shows we could see in the communist days, and then they all disappeared tom make room for The Great Leader: Ceausescu…you find thousands of notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html

 

The Columbo Collection created by William Link used to be a favorite entertainment, actually, one of the few shows we could see in the communist days, and then they all disappeared tom make room for The Great Leader: Ceausescu…you find thousands of notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-you-have-any-suggestions-how-to-make.html

 

8 out of 10

 

Murder mysteries https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/05/malice-aforethought-by-anthony-berkeley.html can be ebullient, take Malice Aforethought: ‘It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter.’ This is the first line in the marvelous novel

 

In a way, we have a similar introduction for the Columbo TV series, you see the killer committing the atrocious act in the beginning, just like with Malice Aforethought you get what Dr. Bickleigh is up to in the very first few words: last night, we had one of the episodes on the National Television, it brought back memories

Peter Falk https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/11/murder-by-death-by-neil-simon.html is exceptional in the leading role, he creates an amusing, confused, smart, shrewd, intrepid detective, who seems to be helpless when he enters the stage, or plot, but that is his modus operandi, the cobra will strike later

 

He has a signature trenchcoat and a cigar, because the series was made decades ago, besides, I am not sure if I saw him smoking, the cigar seemed to be in his hand, but just for decorum, the investigator has this habit of finding one piece of puzzle and looking as if he is overwhelmed, he does not get it, but he will make no progress

In the excellent https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-upside-of-your-dark-side-by-biswas.html The Upside of Your Dark Side by Biswas Diener we read about what the title says, the advantages of being negative, optimists see the big picture better, but the negative people get the details, ergo some jobs are for them

 

Detectives, traffic controllers, analysts and other have to get the details, it is paramount, although Columbo is a different breed, he is baffled, keeps coming back, when we were young, children really, we took his manner of asking something, pretending we have no idea what is going on, going to the door to leave and then…

Return, sometimes with the unexpected, punch line https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd-by-agatha.html with surprises, like in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, one of the best murder mysteries ever, in which you have the name of the killer at the end, it was the doctor

 

Another one of the Top 100 Best Mystery Novels Ever is The Daughter of Time https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-daughter-of-time-by-josephine-fey.html by Josephine Tey, in which the investigator looks at the alleged crimes of Richard III, and proves that he was innocent, he has been reinstated in the meantime, as part of the line of the royal family, or something to that effect, if I am not mistaken

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