tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post2076934366106473956..comments2024-03-17T02:38:18.796+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Treasure IslandTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-50115180678378915692012-02-05T21:44:03.905+01:002012-02-05T21:44:03.905+01:00>>> "especially in the plotting depa...>>> "especially in the plotting department."<br /><br />Yes, there were a few things in Talking Sparrow that didn't stand up to close examination. I enjoyed it mostly as a great story and as a good look at the early days of Nazism.Bob Houkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982822149146722008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-19360738878122214712012-02-04T21:00:27.461+01:002012-02-04T21:00:27.461+01:00Well, it was a lost and forgotten city. ;)
Anywa...Well, it was a lost and forgotten city. ;) <br /><br />Anyway, I recommend you begin with the first book in the series, <i>The Ticking Terror Murders</i>. The Baron is more of a character in there, but, as a detective story, it's a notch above this one – thanks to the allurement of a clever little locked room problem in the first quarter of the book. <br /><br />Teilhet is an interesting, and often amusing, mystery writer, but also one that has a few notable flaws – especially in the plotting department.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-51513868981726886212012-02-04T19:29:23.148+01:002012-02-04T19:29:23.148+01:00I enjoyed Talking Sparrow as well, but I'd lov...I enjoyed Talking Sparrow as well, but I'd love to read more. The Baron's cases sound like fun.<br /><br />Incas in Mexico, though? Did all the drinking mess up Mr. Hiroshita's sense of geography?Bob Houkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982822149146722008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-60764041671267009742012-02-03T21:47:58.814+01:002012-02-03T21:47:58.814+01:00You should really read The Talking Sparrow Murders...You should really read <i>The Talking Sparrow Murders</i> one of these days. I know it's in your collection! <br /><br />Now that I have sampled more of his work, I can say that it's his best and most imaginative story I have read. It has its flaws, but I think you will appreciate the overall story.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-39438655946559376932012-02-03T20:46:13.180+01:002012-02-03T20:46:13.180+01:00It sounds fun enough. I liked THE BROKEN FACE MURD...It sounds fun enough. I liked THE BROKEN FACE MURDERS, but it was really dark and seemed at times like the Baron had stumbled into Chandlerland!Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.com