tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post1249110498320496371..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': The Santa Klaus MurderMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-75951374587784605702013-11-11T23:15:13.080+00:002013-11-11T23:15:13.080+00:00I'm really glad you liked it, John. More about...I'm really glad you liked it, John. More about the British Library books here soon.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-60059955169572256312013-11-11T16:33:24.493+00:002013-11-11T16:33:24.493+00:00I got a copy of this and tore through it probably ...I got a copy of this and tore through it probably at the exact same time you were reading your copy! I finished it Friday afternoon and have a review planned for next week. It was engaging and lively and rather clever. I was rather proud of having picked up on some of her more subtle clues though I came up short in naming the murderer. However, the most memorable parts of the book turned out to be Hay's minor characters. The depiction of the shell shocked husband of Edith and Edith herself were two of the more complex and surprising characters in the story.<br /><br />News is that the British Library who had been unearthing and reprinting Victorian rarities like THE NOTTING HILL MYSTERY and THE FEMALE DETECTIVE is now turning to reprinting Golden Age mysteries. Next year they will release Hay's other two mysteries along with two by the rarely discussed and rather prolific mystery writer John Bude.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com