tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post1420321149794939216..comments2024-03-17T02:38:18.796+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: No Way OutTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-33362186179140443582013-02-16T00:12:22.866+01:002013-02-16T00:12:22.866+01:00Great research, guys. Thanks!Great research, guys. Thanks!Steve Lewishttp://www.mysteryfile.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-1385111306692248552013-02-15T22:50:53.364+01:002013-02-15T22:50:53.364+01:00The website (link above in TomCat's comment) w...The website (link above in TomCat's comment) was created by her grandson, a history professor at the University of Kentucky. It appears Popkin gave up on mysteries after the publication of SO MUCH BLOOD. She wrote five mainstream novels between 1945 and 1951 mostly focussing on Jewish families and Jewish life. She also wrote an autobiography in 1956 but not another novel until 1968. Then came the final work of crime fiction.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-38975774537045121932013-02-15T19:53:46.807+01:002013-02-15T19:53:46.807+01:00I did a quick search for the book and so far I hav...I did a quick search for the book and so far I have not found a reason, but it seems suitable, as the story deals with a generation gap: <br /><br /><i>A Death of Innocence</i> (Lippincott, 1971): the story of a middle-class mother confronting a child who has become involved in a serious crime. <i>A Death of Innocence</i> was made into a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066976/" rel="nofollow">television movie</a> in the early 1970s and was translated into Spanish (<i>Inocencia violada</i>, 1972).<br />Source: <a href="http://www.uky.edu/~popkin/zelda.htm" rel="nofollow">uky.edu/~popkin/zelda.htm</a>. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-61522982444287480472013-02-15T19:43:34.881+01:002013-02-15T19:43:34.881+01:00I wonder if Popkin was one of those mystery writer...I wonder if Popkin was one of those mystery writers, like Allingham and Strahan, who tried something different with each book and this was her take on the isolated country house mystery. <br /><br />The only thing <i>Dead Man's Gift</i> and <i>Murder in the Mist</i> seem to have in common is a more real-life feel, flood victims and the grieve of a young child over the death of her mother, to humanize the puzzle/mystery element of the story.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-1115864311337468992013-02-15T18:01:05.666+01:002013-02-15T18:01:05.666+01:00I've always meant to read one of Popkini's...I've always meant to read one of Popkini's books. This review may be the nudge I need. You make the story sound like something I've missed for far too long.<br /><br />PS. I wonder why the long gap between her last two books.Steve Lewishttp://www.mysteryfile.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-66262630863264846162013-02-15T17:52:18.869+01:002013-02-15T17:52:18.869+01:00This is one of my favorite Dell Mapback covers. So...This is one of my favorite Dell Mapback covers. So surreal and bizarre. Just the way I like 'em. I have quite a few of Popkin's books but never read one. I'll have to try her out and I'll start with this one. Thanks for daring to try her again and letting us know she ain't all that bad.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com