tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post6819404253338667922..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book - Death of a BankerMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-33049803981525311212016-11-14T14:19:11.514+00:002016-11-14T14:19:11.514+00:00John, that's really helpful. Thanks. Next prob...John, that's really helpful. Thanks. Next problem - trying to track them down!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-65720773023782626232016-11-14T13:49:14.040+00:002016-11-14T13:49:14.040+00:00These are my favorites: The Mystery of the Ashes (...These are my favorites: <i>The Mystery of the Ashes (for its sheer audacity), The Room with the Iron Shutters, The Red Lady</i> (UK Title: <i>The Holbein Mystery,</i>), <i>The White Arrow</i> (UK title: <i>The Silver Arrow</i>), and some of the stories in <i>Sinners Go Secretly.</i><br /><br />Honorable mentions to <i>The Fourth Finger</i> (for having the distinction of being the only Wynne mystery with a sense of humor), and <i>The Dagger</i>.<br /><br />Bill Pronzini liked <i>The Case with the Gold Coins</i>. I've not read that one yet.<br /><br />Utter stinkers: <i>The Blue Vesuvius, The Horseman of Death</i>.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-85542293299352727222016-11-11T18:52:25.282+00:002016-11-11T18:52:25.282+00:00Thanks, John. Which are the three or four that you...Thanks, John. Which are the three or four that you would recommend? (Not that any of them are easy to find nowadays...) Are they the first three in the series?Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-76902755673100827492016-11-11T18:21:29.369+00:002016-11-11T18:21:29.369+00:00Many of Wynne's books really are not worth any...Many of Wynne's books really are not worth anyone's time. I can count only three or four that I would recommend and I've read over a dozen, including most of his short stories. His lack of humor and the severe solemnity that pervades his books for me is the most damning failure of his work. For all his outrageous ideas about murder victims who manage to travel far from the site where they actually were first attacked, for all his ingenuity in dreaming up variations on the gimmick of the "twice killed corpse" his books are extremely dull. Apart from the first three books in which Hailey actually displays some personality his creation is one of the most colorless of all fictional detectives. It amazes me that he wrote so many books and managed to stay with the same publisher for almost three decades. His books apparently sold well in the US, as he was always advertised on the rear of the Lippincott DJs of all the mystery books they published, but I really don't think Wynne was ever very popular in his lifetime.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com