tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post3229881372989606185..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: A Knife for a KnaveTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-27282789426648394792012-05-07T01:59:36.445+02:002012-05-07T01:59:36.445+02:00Go ahead and review the crossword puzzle books. I...Go ahead and review the crossword puzzle books. I have read two of the series and am part way through the third and they are fairly good. One of them even includes an impossible crime, although unfortunately Resnicow explains the murder in such a way as to dismiss it too quickly.Monte Herridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-4951423987340578982012-03-03T01:08:53.014+01:002012-03-03T01:08:53.014+01:00Somewhat reminiscent of Steve Allen, who wrote a s...Somewhat reminiscent of Steve Allen, who wrote a series of mystery novels in which he and wife Jayne Meadows were characters. His "helpers" were apparently Walter Sheldon and Robert Westbrook.Billhttp://traditionalmysteries.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-35832596676798621102012-02-27T12:05:21.542+01:002012-02-27T12:05:21.542+01:00To be completely honest, I don't have the same...To be completely honest, I don't have the same level of expectancy for his joint writing projects as I had for the Alexander and Norma Gold and Ed and Warren Baer stories. This leaves me, of course, with a quandary. Do I first knock-off the three remaining (sporting) collaborations and safe the crossword series for last or do I greedily gobble them down first. <br /><br />By the way, I really begin to doubt if Resnicow worked on <i>Murder on 34th Street</i>. The only names plastered across the front cover are Koch and Staub.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-52630190868798779492012-02-27T05:40:25.859+01:002012-02-27T05:40:25.859+01:00He went by plain ol' Ed when he was mayor of N...He went by plain ol' Ed when he was mayor of NYC back when I was a teen. Pretentious. Which is not surprising if you know anything about Koch. Sorry Herbert didn't deliver this time.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-6464224992253685972012-02-26T20:05:05.396+01:002012-02-26T20:05:05.396+01:001) I have no idea who she is, but according to her...1) I have no idea who she is, but according to her <a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/wendy-corsi-staub/" rel="nofollow">FantasticFiction page</a> she is making a name for herself as a writer of suspense stories. <br /><br />2) So, yes, she has written more than just the Ed Koch books. You can find more background info on Staub's book on her personal <a href="http://www.wendycorsistaub.com/" rel="nofollow">website</a>. <br /><br />3) Nope. That was just my quick and sloppy typing skills at work. I decided on the last moment that I also wanted a bibliography of the Koch mysteries and quickly banged on my keyboard – turning <i>Murder on Broadway</i> into <i>Murder on the Broad Way</i>. <br /><br />Hey, I've made sloppier mistakes than that under much better conditions! ;)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-14614837332664613842012-02-26T18:59:01.610+01:002012-02-26T18:59:01.610+01:00Two (or three) quick questions: Who is Wendy Cori ...Two (or three) quick questions: Who is Wendy Cori Staub and did she write anything else? And, is 'Murder on Broad Way' an historical (since they use the 19th century spelling of Broadway)?Bob Houkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982822149146722008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-90226208358576501952012-02-26T12:55:45.544+01:002012-02-26T12:55:45.544+01:00When I began looking into Herb Resnicow, I made th...When I began looking into Herb Resnicow, I made the same mistake when I glanced at that cover. There were no more than two seconds in which I thought that Resnicow had collaborated with Hoch on a mystery novel and how awesome would that have been?TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-64568227411030077952012-02-26T12:25:38.720+01:002012-02-26T12:25:38.720+01:00As soon as I saw that cover (and having just read ...As soon as I saw that cover (and having just read a post over at The Passing Tramp) I thought that this was an Edward D Hoch novel that I'd never heard of... Never mind.<br /><br />Now, someone poke Crippen and Landru to get the next Hoch collection published.Puzzledoctorhttp://classicmystery.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com