tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post6234797863084277604..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': The Running Heroine - guest blog by Jessica MannMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-5074802986338931852013-12-19T18:51:48.072+00:002013-12-19T18:51:48.072+00:00Very interesting! The first 3 and 4 lines pose a f...Very interesting! The first 3 and 4 lines pose a fascinating question. Yes, one does tend to remember the author of a crime series rather than of standalones, however for me, Friedrich Durrenmatts' The Pledge remains unbeaten, as does Mark Z. Danielewski's genre-defying House of Leaves. <br /> Keep up the good work, Martin!Sally Speddinghttp://www.sallyspedding.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-84871116471912814292013-10-04T10:50:08.235+01:002013-10-04T10:50:08.235+01:00Thanks, Kacper. I've read one or two Ferrars b...Thanks, Kacper. I've read one or two Ferrars but not many. One of them actually gave me a story idea many years ago. I must try her again.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-61109917976411557042013-10-03T23:05:07.734+01:002013-10-03T23:05:07.734+01:00Very interesting post! "Dead Woman Walking&qu...Very interesting post! "Dead Woman Walking" is on my to-read list.<br /><br />One writer who wrote predominantly standalones for the majority of her career is Elizabeth Ferrars. Towards the beginning of her very long career and then again towards the end she wrote some series (Toby Dyke in the 1940s, then estranged couple Virginia and Felix Freer and Professor Andrew Basnett in the 80s and 90s), but for the bulk of her career, from the late 40s to the late 70s, she wrote only standalone novels, featuring main characters of both genders - more often women than men - who are always amateurs who get caught up in murders unwittingly. Some of her heroes and heroines are virtually interchangeable - almost all of them are unfailingly sensitive, educated, introverted, reserved and highly intelligent - but I think Ferrars is an excellent writer and her standalone mysteries are exemplary. All of her best novels, like Enough to Kill a Horse and Sleeping Dogs, come from her standalone period, in my opinion. Kacperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219607289740142139noreply@blogger.com