tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post2319082642453333562..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Top 10 Golden Age novelsMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-85181697424112570092014-08-03T15:10:55.169+01:002014-08-03T15:10:55.169+01:00Hope you enjoy it, Daniel. I'll comment furthe...Hope you enjoy it, Daniel. I'll comment further about Sayers on the blog today.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-89110151047924827632014-08-03T13:30:07.120+01:002014-08-03T13:30:07.120+01:00I'm interested in your thoughts about Dorothy ...I'm interested in your thoughts about Dorothy Sayers, Martin. I too think her books are flawed, but for me a lot of the time it's her desperate snobbery that spoils the stories for me. I get the sense she's on the outside looking in at a world she covets - and that Lord Peter epitomises that world for her. I think by the time of Gaudy Night she was pretty much in love with him! I do enjoy the stories, though. My favourite is Strong Poison, because it's quite a pastiche really. The Nine Tailors I thought was ridiculous, with its comic rustics and ridiculous solution. Have Murder Must Advertise on my Kindle, though, so we'll see what that's like.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880344296504797831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-27337770048843484452014-08-01T14:38:10.104+01:002014-08-01T14:38:10.104+01:00PD, Graham, I will readily admit that I could easi...PD, Graham, I will readily admit that I could easily change my choice of Carrs! The Black Spectacles is another good one, but there are quite a lot.<br />Graham, yes, that scene at the end is very far from cosy, isn't it?Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-71417630093579704132014-08-01T14:35:29.585+01:002014-08-01T14:35:29.585+01:00The Crooked Hinge is not my favorite Carr, althoug...The Crooked Hinge is not my favorite Carr, although there are many memorable parts. I think my personal favorite is Death in Five Boxes, but there are many others.<br /><br />I do agree that Murder Must Advertise is Sayer's best. It's also rather hard-boiled in a couple of places, in particular Wimsey's advice to the murderer near the end.Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-69295326937739730792014-07-31T07:05:30.999+01:002014-07-31T07:05:30.999+01:00A great list that I must read more of, but I'd...A great list that I must read more of, but I'd go with several Carr novels before The Crooked Hinge - Til Death Do Us Part, He Who Whispers or The Judas Window are my favourites.Puzzle Doctorhttp://classicmystery.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-63401856576731262292014-07-30T21:54:50.844+01:002014-07-30T21:54:50.844+01:00Les, great to hear from you. Not sure why it took ...Les, great to hear from you. Not sure why it took time for your comment to show up.<br />John, I look forward to your review!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-52696544061664665262014-07-30T21:54:49.668+01:002014-07-30T21:54:49.668+01:00Les, great to hear from you. Not sure why it took ...Les, great to hear from you. Not sure why it took time for your comment to show up.<br />John, I look forward to your review!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-80635774754844117152014-07-30T18:42:31.364+01:002014-07-30T18:42:31.364+01:00Good picks, Martin! I've read seven from your ...Good picks, Martin! I've read seven from your list. I've not read anything by Henry Wade, though I have (as usual) a small pile of his books. Sadly, one of them is not LONELY MAGDALEN. You can bet that I will be looking for that as well as the Hull book, another I've not read. I like Richard Hull's innovations. Not one of his books is like any of the others. And I'd give a shout out for another one of Hull's books easily found in a Penguin paperback edition -- THE GHOST IT WAS. It's his most traditional detective novel and very much a homage to John Dickson Carr. BTW, a review of THE GHOST IT WAS is coming soon to my blog.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-90563577572353057462014-07-30T17:56:48.892+01:002014-07-30T17:56:48.892+01:00There are some very interesting choices here, Mart...There are some very interesting choices here, Martin - including some I've never read. Obviously it's time for me to broaden my horizons.<br /><br />On Carr, by the way, I agree that Judas Window is excellent, but I think I would have chosen either The Judas Window or The Hollow Man (The Three Coffins). But that's today...tomorrow it might well be different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com