tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post6594759933085313902..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Writer - Simon NashMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-53041034949377850782015-07-29T23:52:11.525+01:002015-07-29T23:52:11.525+01:00Collins had acquired the Geoffrey Bles imprint in ...Collins had acquired the Geoffrey Bles imprint in 1953, so although Simon Nash's title failed to win the Collins competition, it was Collins that acquired it.<br /><br />There must have been a stronger/longer relationship between Collins and Bles because John Rhode moved from Bles to Collins and back to Bles in his long career, and one would have thought that he might have moved elsewhere if he was not being held to some sort of contractual bind.<br /><br />LJHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-16311669954675155632015-07-26T22:52:29.130+01:002015-07-26T22:52:29.130+01:00Moira - glad to find you are a Simon Nash fan too!...Moira - glad to find you are a Simon Nash fan too! I'm so pleased these responses have given Chris encouragement.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-49588935113111650792015-07-26T22:35:36.246+01:002015-07-26T22:35:36.246+01:00As @dfordoom suggests they are old fashioned, but ...As @dfordoom suggests they are old fashioned, but in a good way. Very glad to hear people are reading them again. I'm inspired to get on with the other three now.Chris Routledgehttp://chrisroutledge.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-25655436009443504602015-07-26T20:53:48.089+01:002015-07-26T20:53:48.089+01:00I read Unhallowed Murder a while back and enjoyed ...I read Unhallowed Murder a while back and enjoyed it - thought it was very evocative of a London CofE parish, I see from my notes, so now I have the explanation for that...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-92220841481444081032015-07-26T12:50:54.022+01:002015-07-26T12:50:54.022+01:00Fiona, that's great to hear. Harriet, let me k...Fiona, that's great to hear. Harriet, let me know if you succumb!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-6905977641010477222015-07-26T08:06:17.298+01:002015-07-26T08:06:17.298+01:00Quick search of abebooks shows several copies of K...Quick search of abebooks shows several copies of Killed by Scandal available --probably others too. I'm tempted!Harriethttp://harrietdevine.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-37933988208276567762015-07-26T00:34:51.569+01:002015-07-26T00:34:51.569+01:00Inspired by Chris's post I've just finishe...Inspired by Chris's post I've just finished 'Dead of a Counterplot' on my Kindle and enjoyed it very much. Definitely reminiscent of the Golden Age, and I look forward to reading the others in the series.Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136142030481900981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-49031759522644289542015-07-25T18:01:05.957+01:002015-07-25T18:01:05.957+01:00Go for it, Mary, and please let me know what you r...Go for it, Mary, and please let me know what you reckon to it!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-60463281655299090262015-07-25T15:44:05.476+01:002015-07-25T15:44:05.476+01:00Amazon has Dead of a Counterplot available on Kind...Amazon has Dead of a Counterplot available on Kindle for less than $2. I plan to read it this afternoon.Mary Ronan Drewhttp://maryslibrary.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-37310328937237152632015-07-25T11:14:30.778+01:002015-07-25T11:14:30.778+01:00Geoff, thanks, that had completely slipped my mind...Geoff, thanks, that had completely slipped my mind - as so many things do! I must dig it out.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-47555352585524172872015-07-25T10:46:00.694+01:002015-07-25T10:46:00.694+01:00Martin,
There was a four page article by John Coo...Martin,<br /><br />There was a four page article by John Cooper on the novels of Simon Nash in CADS 67 (March 2014).<br /><br />GeoffGeoff Bradleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-63049872452611133132015-07-25T09:35:55.532+01:002015-07-25T09:35:55.532+01:00They do sound a little old-fashioned for the 1960s...They do sound a little old-fashioned for the 1960s, but I like my crime fiction old-fashioned so I'd certainly be willing to give them a go.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com