tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post183250303149505181..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': P.D. James and the Wallace Case - a Classic Murder MysteryMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-79801056076662861282016-07-27T16:52:51.148+01:002016-07-27T16:52:51.148+01:00Neither Wallace or Parry committed thbe crime Mart...Neither Wallace or Parry committed thbe crime Martin and co. It was from other handsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-37355047768750770352014-01-20T22:25:34.452+00:002014-01-20T22:25:34.452+00:00Very timely comment, Richard, thanks!Very timely comment, Richard, thanks!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-85603500605301001882014-01-20T18:23:09.981+00:002014-01-20T18:23:09.981+00:00Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the murder of ...Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the murder of Julia Wallace and the truth of the mystery remains as fascinating and unsolved today as it always has.Richard Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601234221438876237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-73874085566206476792013-11-06T12:27:25.101+00:002013-11-06T12:27:25.101+00:00Seamas, Anon - an interesting debate. There are of...Seamas, Anon - an interesting debate. There are of course some cases where the police thought they'd solved a mystery, only for it to turn out later they had not, sometimes as a result of good investigative work by non police detectives. Whether a visit to the scene is essential, I'm unsure, but I can see that it would sometimes help.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-83355322979618954062013-11-06T11:40:50.777+00:002013-11-06T11:40:50.777+00:00Wrong. The murder was not solved by anybody, despi...Wrong. The murder was not solved by anybody, despite several authors claims to have done so. Police solve murders, not writers. Either investigative ones or the armchair variety. The murder remains the same mystery it was in 1931 - the reason it continues to fascinate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-74977947129033190462013-10-31T11:07:21.578+00:002013-10-31T11:07:21.578+00:00The case was solved back in 2000 with the publicat...The case was solved back in 2000 with the publication of the definitive account on the case, The Murder of Julia Wallace by James Murphy(Bluecoat Press. Like other well known writers, Dorothly L Sayers and Raymond Chandler, PD James gives an "armchair" account, and failed to visit the scene of the crime, tucked away in a warren of streets and alleyway. Such a visit is essential to a complete understanding of the complexities of the case.<br />seamas o'murchuseamas o'murchunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-92005878115663712092013-10-29T09:22:31.934+00:002013-10-29T09:22:31.934+00:00Has anyone suggested the obvious - that the killer...Has anyone suggested the obvious - that the killer (Wallace ) placed the mac (found under her head but unexplained heretofore ) over Julias head before clubbing her to death - hence no blood on him or on the weapon when found.<br />PD James theory is goodjakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647954928444989228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-45988626864404238402013-10-28T23:23:28.342+00:002013-10-28T23:23:28.342+00:00Jake, I must admit that I'm struggling with th...Jake, I must admit that I'm struggling with the drag theory too.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-56739675607347301782013-10-28T19:30:37.997+00:002013-10-28T19:30:37.997+00:00How to explain the milk boy's crucial evidence...How to explain the milk boy's crucial evidence that he saw Julia alive when the police insist she was already dead. PD James says the boy saw Wallace in drag not Julia - if so he would have had dress up while the boy was waiting on the doorstep - the boy would surely have remembered that.jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647954928444989228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-70069827887234330722013-10-28T10:15:31.617+00:002013-10-28T10:15:31.617+00:00Hi Patrick. Yes, there are several questions to an...Hi Patrick. Yes, there are several questions to answer in this case, including the issue of motive. Why would Wallace want to kill Julia? If he did, it seems to have come out of the blue.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-33115853423083605142013-10-28T02:08:30.617+00:002013-10-28T02:08:30.617+00:00I must say that I concur with Jonathan Goodman'...I must say that I concur with Jonathan Goodman's conclusion that Wallace was innocent of the crime. I'm a bit less certain of the alternative suspect he proposes, but it's a much stronger case than the one the presented against Wallace, IMO.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-5044551092744183842013-10-27T18:45:38.086+00:002013-10-27T18:45:38.086+00:00Ah, not an opponent but a fellow seeker after trut...Ah, not an opponent but a fellow seeker after truth, I like to think! I really do find the mystery fascinating and hope you do too.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-25381176191418501702013-10-27T14:06:18.887+00:002013-10-27T14:06:18.887+00:00A good starter for four! Pleased to see you have t...A good starter for four! Pleased to see you have taken up the challenge P D James is a formidable opponentjfleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370946229609162145noreply@blogger.com