tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post7768652222070206490..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: The Case of the Kidnapped Colonel (1942) by Christopher BushTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-29460994692422050412018-07-25T13:43:38.569+02:002018-07-25T13:43:38.569+02:00Absolutely! I mentioned in previous reviews how he...Absolutely! I mentioned in previous reviews how he could easily star in his own mystery novel or even carry a series by himself. So I'm glad he took the spotlight from Travers in this wartime trilogy. Very much deserved. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-12050403958177774552018-07-25T13:06:29.242+02:002018-07-25T13:06:29.242+02:00Yes, Wharton makes a good corrective to all those ...Yes, Wharton makes a good corrective to all those ingenious and insouciant gentlemen amateurs!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-19313857142819949892018-07-25T11:58:48.001+02:002018-07-25T11:58:48.001+02:00Craig Rice has her detective characters often work...Craig Rice has her detective characters often working as a team and then there's the collaborative collection of short stories with Stuart Palmer, in which John J. Malone and Miss Hildegarde Withers work on equal footing, but those are the only ones I can think of. Besides the mystery solving couples, of course, but they don't count here. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-56898543645638494822018-07-25T04:47:50.542+02:002018-07-25T04:47:50.542+02:00You know what else I really like about this series...<em>You know what else I really like about this series? You'll never know who's going to provide the solution. More often than not, the unraveling of the plot is collaborative effort between Travers and Wharton</em><br /><br />I can't think of any other series that features two detectives of absolutely equal ability, who recognise each other as equals.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com