tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post401354870886943149..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Tales From a Mysterious TravelerTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-3462766951313018482014-02-17T17:03:20.116+01:002014-02-17T17:03:20.116+01:00Read the book many times. Love it. Read the book many times. Love it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-74174133706934044562011-04-15T14:37:33.264+02:002011-04-15T14:37:33.264+02:00@Xavier:
One of the characters from "The Gl...@Xavier: <br /><br />One of the characters from "The Glass Bridge," Lieutenant Oliver Baynes, reappears in "The Adventure of the Single Footprint," and with only ten of his detective stories collected, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that De Hirsh has more than just one recorded case to his credit.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-42428453816877841862011-04-15T11:46:25.179+02:002011-04-15T11:46:25.179+02:00"The Glass Bridge" is indeed a gem, and ..."The Glass Bridge" is indeed a gem, and it's a pity that its picturesque sleuth never reappeared again, at least to my knowledge. Robert Arthur was one of the finest short-story writers of his time, right up there with Ellin, Slesar or Ritchie and it's a mystery (and a shame) to me that he is so obscure. He was brilliant at all the variants of the crime short, from impossible crimes to twistintalers. That he died so young is one of the saddest losses in the history of our genre.Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-64092288646484624892011-04-15T03:31:46.731+02:002011-04-15T03:31:46.731+02:00I have to go back and read this collection. "...I have to go back and read this collection. "The Adventure of the Single Footprint" is a wonderful pseudo-pastiche.Steve Steinbockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12760730166698947054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-54790928526376416422011-04-14T20:48:31.963+02:002011-04-14T20:48:31.963+02:00Well, I guess you can compare them in some way to ...Well, I guess you can compare them in some way to Merrivale, but the Usher Sisters really have more in common with the soft boiled Beagle Sisters – and I really wonder if there's a literary connection there. <br /><br />Either way, it's easily one of my favorite stories from the collection, but then again, it's difficult, if not impossible, to pick a definite favorite. <br /><br />You have brilliantly constructed stories like "The Glass Bridge" and "The Mystery of the Three Blind Mice," a hilarious send-up of the genre in "Larceny and Old Lace," and then there are some unusual, but very satisfying, tales such as "Mr. Manning's Money Tree" and "Hard Case."<br /><br />All in all, a solid collection.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-80235325643458948982011-04-14T19:56:33.192+02:002011-04-14T19:56:33.192+02:00Wow, sounds like an awesome short story collection...Wow, sounds like an awesome short story collection shamefully neglected by time. The Blow from Heaven, The Glass Bridge, and Change of Address sound really intriguing, and Larceny and Old Lace sounds like two old-lady versions of H.M. battling it out with the criminals.<br /><br />Damn, another author to put on my list of authors and books to check out. At this rate, I'll never get to "Night of the Jabberwock"... ;)Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.com