I'm currently reading crime fiction from Scandinavia and was wondering if anyone could recommend any 'Golden Age' detective fiction by a Scandinavian author,...
Hi Ian: You might want to read my review of "Locked Rooms and Open Spaces," a book comprised exclusively of locked-room mysteries written my Swedish authors,...
In "The Grandest Game in The World", John Dickson Carr writes that The Man in the Brown Suit, in which the same device is used, is «an inferior novel but a...
Enrique (my namesake!) and other friends, The point in Carr's essay, which was to be an introduction to an anthology of "The 10 Best Detective Novles" was that...
Holiday GAD readings and re-readings (some spoilers but no strict disclosures): John Dickson Carr, Captain Cut-Throat (4/5). Combines historical romance, high ...
Hummmm... About Death on the Nile, Carr only complains that Poirot might have told about the bullet hole in the table. What he says and implies about The...
Hi Ian:You might want to read my review of "Locked Rooms and Open Spaces," a book comprised exclusively of locked-room mysteries written my Swedish authors,...
... Spaces," a ... Swedish ... Hi Luis: This is not "The Locked Room Reader," edited by Hans S. Santesson. (Which was later released as two paperbacks, "8 Keys...
Ah but then Carr inflicted Seeing is Believing on us where he misled us by stating that something was "the admitted fact", a poor attempt to emulate Christie's...
This is one of the books I picked up at the library sale. Pub. 1937. I haven't read any Blake in quite a while and enjoyed it on the whole, but--besides one...
Hi, new member, first post. I'm trying to read Margery Allingham and so far, after 2 books, I'm not planning to continue reading her. Started with Fear...
You won't enjoy Allingham if you're expecting a conventional problem puzzle-driven story in the manner of Christie or Carr. She simply doesn't work like...
Henrique: Agree with your assessment (and criticism) of HEADS YOU LOSE, but am not aware of Brand ever calling it her favourite among her works. She did refer...
I personally feel there is little defense for Carr's SEEING IS BELIEVING stunt. However, though Carr admitted to approving of and admiring brilliant violations...
... Could it have been this edition? <http://www.antiquariaten.be/img/fotos/146561_1.jpg> My mother and aunt had copies, which I read as a kid. I loved those...
... Wait a minute...don't I remember A.B. Cox doing the same thing? With a narrator warning us blatantly warning us not everything we read will be true, but at...
The Second Shot.  There's also Virgil Markham's Death in the Dusk - I knew who the murderer was twelve years ago, thanks to Sayers. Pretty good, though,...
The Second Shot.  There's also Virgil Markham's Death in the Dusk - I knew who the murderer was twelve years ago, thanks to Sayers. Pretty good, though,...
Then again, Carr also gives us a most admirable variation of the ACKROYD gimmick (I won't spoil it by mentioning the title)in which the narration is deceptive...
Larry, try The Case of the Late Pig. Or maybe Police at the Funeral or Death of a Ghost or Dancers in Mourning. More Work for the Undertaker is pretty heavy...
Scott, Heads you lose is mentioned as "her own favourite" in the back cover of the 1950 (1st) Penguin edition. I should have noticed this - by 1950 she had...
Henrique (this time I spelled it correctly!) and other friends, Do not miss “”Fog of Doubt” – it is one of Brand’s 2 masterpieces. And try to get one...
I'm probably going to be under fire for this, but I don't think Seeing is Believing is unfair. An "established fact" is not necessarily a true one.. Natural...
I'd suggest "Flowers for the Judge." It's much more of a classic mystery story than the adventure stories cited earlier. I think it's one of her best, quite...
Thanks, Headed to the library during my lunch hour today and I'll check out some of your suggestions. The responses I got also convinced me to wait a few weeks...
I very much appreciate Henrique Valle's thoughts about narrative reliability. Is what he calls an internal character focalizer (more often, I think, simply...
I very much appreciate Henrique Valle's thoughts about narrative reliability. Is what he calls an internal character focalizer (more often, I think, simply...
Enrique: I'm not too crazy about many of her short stories either. However, "Murder Game" (also titled "The Geminy Crickets Murder Case") is a *major*...
