From the Philadelphia Inquirer: Posted on Sun, Aug. 01, 2004 Feminist Press resurrects works by '40s queen of pulp fiction Reviewed by Marietta Dunn The...
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_3805070.html? The Case of the Horrifying Mystery Writer Harry Stephen Keeler's Bizarre Fiction Makes Him a...
I read only one book by Hughes - "The Expendable Man" - and though I felt concerned by the theme, I also have to say it didn't do much for me. Hughes indeed...
This is a bit off topic because Hughes was in no way a Golden Age- style writer, belonging more to the hardboiled or thriller school. But neither was she a...
The drowning of Hastings (was it?) in the butt of malmsey was far more imaginative than a mere beheading, which was more the standard form of execution for...
... No, he wasn't -- he was able to kneel down in front of his murderer. (I gather you are talking about "It Walks by Night.") But I have to admit it's been a...
And six Keelers are available free electronically from www.blackmask.com: * When Thief Meets Thief--Harry Stephen Keeler - which I have read and recommend... ...
If you like Keeler, you should definitely check out the ultimate fan site, "http://xavier.xu.edu:8000/~polt/keeler.html" by Richard Polt. I belonged many years...
Another good episode tonight. It is definitely set, and thereby limited, by its wartime setting, but it really reminds me of Michael Gilbert's 'black market'...
I confess to knowing Hughes only from the film version of IN A LONELY PLACE, which definitely doesn't follow the premise of the novel as described in the...
... Thanks, Jon--good to know. A number of years ago I found a hardback copy of one of his books--don't recall the title at the moment--but I haven't yet...
... Tonight's episode, "War Games," was excellent. And it *was* a detective story, Wyatt--it even played fair with the viewer, despite the identity of the...
No, that was false, fleeting, perjured Clarence, who stabbed Henry VI's son in the field at Tewkesbury (or words to that effect). Nick 'There is no past tense...
No, I meant Richard III. Wyatt James <grobius@...> wrote:--- In GAdetection@yahoogroups.com, Nicholas Fuller <stoke_moran@y...> ... No, he wasn't -- he...
From Publisher's Lunch :) A Mystery Find NPR’s Weekend Edition spotlighted author Harry Stephen Keeler (1890-1967), who wrote more than 70 books, "mystery...
To: GAdetection@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [GAdetection] NPR / Keeler More power to Ramble House, they also brought the wonderful three book series of...
... Who's Michael Dirda? Friendly, Xavier "Stop looking daggers at me, Justin, or I will return your glance thus!" - Carolyn Wells [Non-text portions of this...
Of course (should have thought before sending). Maybe I had Christie's abominably stupid Hastings in mind. ... VI's son in the field at Tewkesbury (or words to...
Doug: I was out-of-town last week and decided to take the Lost Classics from C&L I received months ago (or maybe even last year) by C. Daly King. Although I...
Is "The Little Girl Who Wasn't There" a ghost story by any chance? --Diane ... I was out-of-town last week and decided to take the ... Talisman, Sinister...
Who is Michael Dirda? He is a senior editor and nearly weekly contributor to the Washington Post Book World. He has an eclectic taste governed, it seems to...
In a strange twist of fate, the woman who wrote the introduction for Feminist Press' reprint of In a Lonely Place works at the University of Cincinnati (which...
Anita I'm very glad you enjoyed THE COMPLETE CURIOUS MR. TARRANT. C&L always enjoys publishing locked-room/impossible crime collections You may have noticed...
Hi Doug: Obelists Fly High is the one that I have... it's the others that I yearn for. Good luck with your back surgery. I wish you well, in both the...
... C&L will have to go into slow-motion (or even ... GOOD LUCK ON YOUR OPERATION. READ A LOT OF MYSTERIES WILL YOU RECOVER. __________________________________...
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Today I was appointed, along with Kimberly Brown and Virginia LoMonaco, one of the Mystery Editors at FUTURES MYSTERIOUS ANTHOLOGY MAGAZINE. I mention it not...
Barry Congratulations! I knew this was a talented group, and your appointment confirms it! Doug Douglas G. Greene Professor of History Old Dominion University...
Congratulations, Barry! This is wonderful news. I do buy & read FUTURES - it is available in the book stores in my home town (Lansing, Michigan). Mike Grost...
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