It just goes to show. I liked the Wrightsville stories. I found Ellery to be a bit more human, and less pompous than in some of the books. My favorite of the...
Boucher almost has to be in Rocket, because he is the evidence that the solution works. Where does he appear in the other books? I don't remember him in BSI,...
... I can't answer the general question, Warren, but I *can* tell you that the party from the local bookshop is right: Penzler did publish MURDERS IN VOLUME 2...
Marseille is a great place for used bookstores, even worse (or better, depending on the point of view) than Toulon. I had serious diffiiculty to fasten my...
This is an interesting and important matter. I believe that the confusion arises from the fact that we have two things going here, one chronological and one...
I've only read the 4 Boucher books I mentioned, and thought that Boucher only showed up in ROCKET TO THE MORGUE. I took his cameo appearance as a bit of...
I'll buy 'Traditional' as applying to the sort of mystery novel we call GAD that can involve modern works and not be confined to a period in time. A lot of...
Thanks, Barry! I highly recommend the other Gamadge mysteries, and of course you know that Daly was Agatha Christie's favorite American mystery writer. I...
Warren, Otto Penzler Classic American Mystery Series published two of Daly`s books. Murders In Volume Two and Unexpected Night. I really enjoy most of the...
I had the Otto Penzler edition of Unexpected Night, but almost all of the others were by another company. I will keep looking for a copy of Murders in Volume...
I must have missed out on a possible GAD treat. I had long heard of Daly' s Gamadge, but not as GAD. I thought it was some sort of romance stuff involving an...
For some reason I want to opine that the closest British sleuth in having a less-eccentric personality to Henry Gamadge is Edmund Crispin's Gervase Fen, but...
I don't read modern mysteries because I prefer to avoid fiction with graphic sex, violence and language. Can you recommend any modern mystery writers who,...
Robin Forsythe - Missing or Murdered? Year: 1929 Rating: B A politician goes out for a digestion walk and never reappears. Eccentric amateur detective Arthur...
I just finished rereading this book and now consider it EQ's masterpiece! As I've said about other EQ books, you are entering a fantasy world, and if you don't...
I'm sorry to say you probably won't find any. There are writers like P.D. James and Ruth Rendell who write detective stories with GAD elements, but they have...
Interesting list of books I haven't heard of, except for Christie's "Pale Horse" -- which is one of my favorites of her later books. It is marvellous, and if I...
Xavier, Dread Journey is a great example of Hughes' work. Definitely a find. Boucher also included a character named "Tony" to whom Martin Lamb tells the story...
PS. I don't want to insult you or denigrate your shibboleths, but have to ask the question, What kind of murder is acceptable in the mystery books you like to...
Considering how popular GAD mysteries are, I am surprised that there aren't more being written by GAD standards today. The closest thing I can think of...
... wrote: And he [Ellery Queen]is insufferable here -- a real arrogant brat -- and makes one wonder how he can lord it over the top law-enforcement brass of...
I will confess that I prefer mysteries where the gory or sexual details are handled with the same reticence that M.R. James showed for the horrific in his...
I've always wanted to see Inspector Queen or Sargeant Velie lock EQ in the drunk tank for a day or two to teach him better manners. -- Warren ... enforcement ...
Hi Warren, The best way to make sure that you don't run out of easily-available GA mysteries is to lobby publishers and copyright holders for their reissue,...
