tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post804557043388969964..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Diary of a Jailbird TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-57427135397729076112017-11-20T21:44:25.022+01:002017-11-20T21:44:25.022+01:00Thanks for the recommendation, John. I'll put ...Thanks for the recommendation, John. I'll put <i>Miss Bones</i> on my list for the next time I feel like braving those dark, murky waters of noir-fiction. Fleming won some credit with me that can be redeemed for a second swing at her work. <br /><br />At the moment, I think the only genuine noir novel on my pile is Cornell Woolrich's <i>Night Has a Thousand Eyes</i>. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-20813172522068445282017-11-20T21:01:07.358+01:002017-11-20T21:01:07.358+01:00Thanks for the nod, TomCat. So glad to see you'...Thanks for the nod, TomCat. So glad to see you're dipping your toes in the dank and murky waters of noir again. Fleming didn't write too many legitimate detective novels, but this one comes close.<br /><br />MISS BONES might be to your liking. Rather grisly, too. Some good clueing, though one key piece of evidence comes very late in the book. The big plus is the lead character in MISS BONES is a likeable and genuine good guy, unlike the majority of her crime novels with Ripley-like amoral protagonists.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com