tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post6118227348989021785..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: The Godless Man (2002) by Paul DohertyTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-70070066383684491842018-08-16T22:17:52.115+02:002018-08-16T22:17:52.115+02:00Doherty could have taken the poison talons, toxic ...Doherty could have taken the poison talons, toxic fog and wasps from a very obscure source. Or simply drew on his artistic license. <br /><br />I think the crossing of the charcoal is actually one of Doherty's most imaginative impossible situations and has a better solution than the theft of the crown from <i>A Murder in Thebes</i>, which had also been protected by a bed of hot charcoal. <br /><br />And the mistake has been corrected. Thanks for pointing it out. <br />TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-7968932435729633942018-08-16T19:25:52.045+02:002018-08-16T19:25:52.045+02:00I liked this one a lot. So over-the-top gruesome! ...I liked this one a lot. So over-the-top gruesome! And so much slaughter. The solution to the impossible crime involving how the killer got over the burning coals was indeed the best of the various impossible problems. Ingenious, but also disgusting. I wonder about all that odd mythology related to the centaur, however. I've never come across any of it -- hands with poison talons, the toxic fog, wasps as his mascot, etc. Where Doherty dig up all that? (P.S. There is a duplication of two sentences towards the end where you mention the Centaur and the Ephesians.) J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com