Dear Nick, Thanks a lot for the clarification. So, its what I suspected: a muddle by Collier Books when designing the fly-leaf of 'The Arabian Nights Murder', ...
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Sam Karnick
SAMK@...
Oct 1, 2001 2:20 pm
Christian, I like THE NINE MILE WALK very much indeed; it's pure Great Detective, almost armchair detective, in both tone and content. Nicky Welt (mermory of...
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Christian Henriksson
chenrik@...
Oct 1, 2001 10:21 pm
Sam, thanks for replying (and thanks to everyone else too, of course). ... Nicky Welt is correct. I've read three of his cases already (including the very...
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Christian Henriksson
chenrik@...
Oct 1, 2001 10:24 pm
Rolf, ... can I just take the time to point out that TRACES OF BRILLHART is the Herbert Brean book that receives most praise from critics. It is also the only...
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Bill Vande Water
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Oct 2, 2001 3:11 am
Brean is also one of my favorites. I particularly like Wilders Walk Away, a pretty little Carr-esque impossible crime mystery. Traces of Merilee (I may have...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 4:23 am
‘We look at things from a different point of view. To you a criminal is a person to be pursued and convicted. To me he is a very interesting study,...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 5:50 am
Death Has Deep Roots (1951) is a classic of the courtroom drama—a tense and gripping thriller with excellent characterisation and an ingenious plot. Victoria...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 6:36 am
In A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie’s fiftieth detective story, and surely the best of the Miss Marples, “the latest idea is to advertise one’s...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 7:24 am
Three Hands in the Fountain (Lindsey Davis, 1996) is quite a disappointment. Although genuinely funny, with good dialogue, the plot is a mess. The setting is...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 9:37 am
The Clocks (1963) is late and average Agatha Christie, a rather mundane plot set in a rather mundane setting. The setting is suburbia—Christie’s...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 10:25 am
Although Michael Innes’ Buchanesque thriller The Secret Vanguard (1940) is straightforward and predictable, it marks an important turning point in Innes’...
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Sam Karnick
SAMK@...
Oct 2, 2001 11:16 am
It would be best, however, not to push the "Boucher inspired by Carr" theme too far. Actually, both were inspired by Chesterton. As to the number seven, this...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:35 pm
It is a pleasure to be able to report that this story of walkers in Scotland’s West Highland Way—posthumously published a month after Mitchell’s...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 1:22 pm
"Ralph, Adrienne (REA-PtMelb)" <Adrienne.Ralph@...> wrote: Come Away Death For those who practise the first sentence test in book tasting, try...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 3:37 pm
The Mystery of a Butcher’s Shop (1929) is one of Mitchell’s half-dozen best—a hard choice, but this one is simply excellent: sheer reading pleasure, due...
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dgreene@...
Oct 2, 2001 4:03 pm
Sam Boucher always said he was strongly influenced by Carr, but you're absolutely correct that Chesterton is behind both of them. Doug Douglas G. Greene ...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 4:18 pm
An Unkindness of Ravens (1985) is the first Rendell novel I have read for four years, and it shows her gifts—characterisation and plotting—at their best,...
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Sam Karnick
SAMK@...
Oct 2, 2001 4:30 pm
Doug, Thanks for that clarification. Very helpful, as you are always. Best w's, S.T. Karnick S. T. Karnick Editor in Chief, American Outlook...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 2, 2001 6:33 pm
With her first book Whose Body (1923), Dorothy L. Sayers introduced her famous detective Lord Peter Wimsey, or “Sherlock Holmes, disguised as a walking...
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Christian Henriksson
chenrik@...
Oct 2, 2001 8:09 pm
Nick, ... Thank you for confirming that this is a huge letdown. In fact, while the book is far from Christie's worst, I'd say that this particular "solution"...
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Ralph, Adrienne (REA-...
Adrienne.Ralph@...
Oct 3, 2001 12:47 am
I finally found this book, having decided to give Innes another try at Richard's and Nick's prompting. Can it really be written by the same author as 'Sheikhs...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 3, 2001 1:26 am
Dear Adrienne, Glad to see you liked Lament for a Maker. It was the book that rekindled my interest in Innes. Having only read the late Innes (i.e., those of...
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Richard.A.Liedholm@...
Oct 3, 2001 12:47 pm
Nick- I agree that A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED is one of the greatest Marples (though NEMESIS is still my favorite). Christie, who will forever be known for her...
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Richard.A.Liedholm@...
Oct 3, 2001 1:14 pm
Adrienne- I am also glad that you loved LAMENT FOR A MAKER. All your praise is quite deserved. Nick has given you a brief run-down of many other Innes...
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Christian Henriksson
chenrik@...
Oct 3, 2001 8:44 pm
Adrienne, ... While Nick gave you a whole slew of recommendations (and warnings), I'd just like to add that if it's the style of LAMENT that you like, your...
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Richard.A.Liedholm@...
Oct 3, 2001 9:05 pm
Actually, THE JOURNEYING BOY and FROM LONDON FAR come fairly close to the Innes style of his first period. The major difference is that these two books are...
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Ralph, Adrienne (REA-...
Adrienne.Ralph@...
Oct 3, 2001 11:12 pm
Hi Nick and Richard I would add 'The Body in the Library' as one of Miss Marples' other triumphs. Richard, I also agree with you about the television version...
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jasman@...
Oct 4, 2001 2:48 am
Hello Golden Age Detective readers-- I signed onto the group recently and, at the gentle shepherding of Anita, whose acquaintance I just made, wanted to...
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Ralph, Adrienne (REA-...
Adrienne.Ralph@...
Oct 4, 2001 4:13 am
Welcome Jason. There can never be enough discussion about GK Chesterton or Gladys Mitchell. Please give us your site address when it is ready. With best wishes...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Oct 4, 2001 7:57 am
Dear Jason, Welcome to the group! Great to see another Gladys Mitchell fan--a small core of eccentrics is slowly building up in this group, muttering and...
