Ian Rankin has been banging the Booker Prize drum for the crime novel quite loudly lately, so I was interested to come across this March 27, 2010 list at ...
Muriel Spark's presence is the only surprising thing about an otherwise uninspired, derivative list. Regarding Collins and his non-showing, it is neither "odd"...
If were to be cynical, I suppose, one might suggest that Ruth Rendell is being used by Ian Rankin rather as a stalking horse. On Collin, I get what you are...
... "odd" to omit Collins' The Moonstone (detective novel)and >The Woman in White (thriller) in favor of Dickens' Bleak House, when the Collins tales are much...
In my [not so] humble opinion, one of the finest current newspaper comics is Wiley's "Non Sequitur." GADers might be interested in his take on the value of a...
Hi everyone, I have been reading a few John Rhode/Miles Burton stories recently and have quite enjoyed them. Can anyone recommend some of his best? Copies on...
Does anyone have any good research sources for the rise in popularity of the paperbacks in the 1940s? I want to include a short synopsis of why that market was...
Jeff: You might find some answers in back issues of Publishers' Weekly from the period of time you're intersted in. Check with your local library to see if it...
Jeff, In addition, you might want to take a look at Geoffrey O'Brien's discussions of PBOs in HARDBOILED AMERICA, if you haven't already consulted it. Ed...
Jeff: There's also an article on line "Trends in Modern American Publishing" by Robert D. Harlan and Bruce L. Johnson in the periodical Library Trends. Try...
I have a question and this group is always helpful. There's a photo of Gardner and his hired man, Sam Hicks, where Sam is on a ladder holding up a stack of all...
Of the ones you have: The Claverton Mystery: A The Motor Rally Mystery: D Poison for One: C Shot at Dawn: B (others would rate it higher) Mystery at Greycombe...
Please skip if you have not read Sayers' Have His Carcase, because there are MAJOR SPOILERS below: One point Baroness James harps on when "Talking About...
There are about fifty top Streets I would list, but it will take a bit of time to type, Monica, so will get back to you! So glad you like this author. I've...
James obviously knows her subject, but she's missing her point. Good fiction is not about adherence to reality - external logic - but about coherence with its...
Xavier, Sayers did provide some rationale for why hemophilia would have been missed. It's not as if Sayers didn't think of this at all. So in that sense I...
By the way, for me the most uncredible part in Have His Carcase is the classical concert: Mozart's Eine kleine nachtmusik, two Mendelssohn Songs without Words,...
This is more from James appearance with Ruth Rendell at the Cheltenham Literary Festival last year. Baroness James is beating the credibility drum again:...
This months update of the www.criminal-history.co.uk include reviews of works by Barbara Cleverly, Jane Finnis, Paul Doherty, Edward Marston, Gyles Brandreth...
Doug - Les has indeed done his usual excellent job reviewing 'Appleby Talks' over on his weblog. I'm hoping to post a review of it and William Links' 'The...
Can anyone remember the term Rendell gives to the later Wexfords that address topical issues? I have the feeling she calls them "social conscience Wexfords",...
Certainly sounds right. I think it's interesting that Rendell has stated that she couldn't go on with the Wexfords unless she introduced overt social and...
Curt, that's very true. Christie used a poison that was later used in real life. However, in Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, the victim was shoved off a cliff. The...
