tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post6843463237284549662..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder AdriftTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-66107058505189862662017-05-21T10:47:27.289+02:002017-05-21T10:47:27.289+02:00As a Dutchman, I appreciated the seafaring aspect ...As a Dutchman, I appreciated the seafaring aspect and the depiction of fishermen from the first half of the book, but the plot (or lack thereof) did nothing for me. I'm not really one of the most fervant admirers of realistic crime-fiction. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-42140777779328718772017-05-21T10:30:01.897+02:002017-05-21T10:30:01.897+02:00Can't win 'em all, but I was quite intrigu...Can't win 'em all, but I was quite intrigued with these, such a change of Golden Age pace for me!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-76211189037477423542017-05-10T07:43:39.287+02:002017-05-10T07:43:39.287+02:00I'm afraid all of his work takes a similar app...I'm afraid all of his work takes a similar approach. Drax dedicated himself to write realistic crime stories and the introduction said his greatest ability was to make the plot "<i>as plausible as the characters are real</i>." <br /><br />So I'm afraid there are no real puzzlers in this series. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-52275318935908017512017-05-10T07:33:52.865+02:002017-05-10T07:33:52.865+02:00There's a policeman in the book, but, again, t...There's a policeman in the book, but, again, the story is rather simple and his role is hardly a major one. Not at all comparable to other police inspectors of the period. <br /><br />You're right about what the cover says. A Golden Age Crime Story would have been better. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-74867939402309413862017-05-10T07:31:36.860+02:002017-05-10T07:31:36.860+02:00Ah, but I suspect our tastes are similar - your bl...Ah, but I suspect our tastes are similar - your blog was one of the very first Golden Age mystery blogs I stumbled upon a few years ago. So I suspect Peter Drax, or by the least this particular title, might not be my cup of tea. Hopefully some of his other works would be in the classic mould? <br /><br /> Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389512470283015279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-66432222197293629242017-05-10T01:47:27.211+02:002017-05-10T01:47:27.211+02:00The cover of the book refers to it as a "Gold...The cover of the book refers to it as a "Golden Age Detective Story," but from your description there does not seem to be any detective at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-78604821371400539862017-05-09T16:09:17.065+02:002017-05-09T16:09:17.065+02:00Don't let me kill your excitement, Jonathan. T...Don't let me kill your excitement, Jonathan. This was not meant as a negative review, but as a "not my kind of thing" review. <br /><br />I do not like this kind of realism, but it was well written for what it was. So if you can enjoy that kind of crime-fiction, you might enjoy Drax. But if your taste is very close to mine, you might want to take a look at any of the other mystery writers DSP has reprinted. Like Forsythe or Punshon. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-65987138768696055042017-05-09T14:39:16.557+02:002017-05-09T14:39:16.557+02:00Oh... I was hoping for a positive rating as I was ...Oh... I was hoping for a positive rating as I was excited about the upcoming Dean Street Press reprints. :( Thanks for the review anyway. :) Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389512470283015279noreply@blogger.com