tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post3825788369312997186..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: The Gutenberg Murders (1931) by Gwen Bristow and Bruce ManningTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-79281182230003570302022-05-11T23:49:11.667+02:002022-05-11T23:49:11.667+02:00The Invisible Host and Two and Two Make Twenty-Two...<i>The Invisible Host</i> and <i>Two and Two Make Twenty-Two</i> appear to the two popular of the four reprints. So my next stop is definitely going to be <i>The Mardi Gras Murders</i>. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-12506724914670325672022-05-11T23:46:33.477+02:002022-05-11T23:46:33.477+02:00I also noticed that people who loved The Invisible...I also noticed that people who loved <i>The Invisible Host</i> tend to be a lot more critical of the same shortcomings in other pulp-style mysteries, if they don't ignore the pulps altogether. For example, Jim's takes on John Russell Fearn. ;) I guess its passing resemblance to <i>And Then There Were None</i> was enough of a distraction to fool some into believing it's actually good. But who know. I might end up eating my own words when it gets a second look. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-78895403881936999132022-05-11T20:36:40.234+02:002022-05-11T20:36:40.234+02:00Oh, TomCat, TomCat, TomCat! I don't have an is...Oh, TomCat, TomCat, TomCat! I don't have an issue with you hating The Invisible Host, but that you found Gutenberg to be "better" totally baffles me. At any rate, I will be reading Twenty-Two one of these days and will hope that it succeeds where the Bible murder case failed for me.Brad (ahsweetmystery)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12012914349226406144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-43828840220923779472022-05-10T23:05:51.995+02:002022-05-10T23:05:51.995+02:00And all the people who loved Host seemingly hated ...And all the people who loved Host seemingly hated Gutenberg! On the other hand I have noticed that people who hate Host tend to like Gutenberg. So go figure, maybe it's like ink blot tests. Mardi Gras has some similarity to Carr (Corpse on the Waxworks), but don't pin too much hope on the locked room situation! On the other hand I thought Twenty-Two had a really nifty solution. Fooled me, anyway!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.com