tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post9048368835414789001..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book - A Bullet for RhinoMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-25002604138199691722019-10-20T13:10:41.725+01:002019-10-20T13:10:41.725+01:00Your previous review in August of a book by Wittin...Your previous review in August of a book by Witting interested me, Martin, and I ordered a couple from eBay "just to try..." I have raced through Murder in Blue, am waiting impatiently for Measure for Murder to arrive, and have now bought A Bullet for Rhino. This was a serendipitous find on Abebooks - normally I search by author but this time put in the title only; the author's name was given by the bookseller as Whiting :)Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136142030481900981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-80387491592263840272019-10-20T11:26:19.446+01:002019-10-20T11:26:19.446+01:00Hi John. Very interesting, and I know your enthusi...Hi John. Very interesting, and I know your enthusiasm is shared by several other knowledgeable crime fans. I shall definitely look out for Subject-Murder. As you say, alas, the books are not easy to find right now. It would be good to put that right.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-30523960294232901832019-10-18T18:54:24.460+01:002019-10-18T18:54:24.460+01:00I like him too and I'm amazed that no one has ...I like him too and I'm amazed that no one has ever bothered to reprint any of his work. Well, there was that one U.S. library edition of <i>Measure for Murder</i> back in the 80s but it was never offered for sale o the public. <i>Subject--Murder</i> is my favorite of what I've read so far. Very resonant for our time with its depiction of a cruel martinet of a soldier who ends up murdered. Any of the first seven books he wrote, I think, are worthy of being reissued. The only one I didn't enjoy thoroughly -- though it has some wonderfully realized action scenes and excellent dialogue as always -- was his Edgar Wallace homage about a Napoleon of Crime -- <i>The Case of the Busy Bees</i>. It seemed completely out of step with the crime fiction being published by 1952; a real throwback to thrillers from the late 1920s and early 1930s.<br /><br />I still have this book you review here, <i>Dead on Time, Midsummer Murder</i> and <i>Measure for Murder</i> to read. I keep all my Witting mysteries in a easy to reach box but I'm reluctant to tear through them all at once. When I'm done, they'll be no more; he wrote so few books and I can't find any more for sale that I can afford. He's one of my favorite "discoveries" since I started doing my blog and I want to spread out my enjoyment of his books for as long as I can.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com