tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post4759530994086205745..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Passing ThroughTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-92223561434234075722017-05-13T15:46:30.048+02:002017-05-13T15:46:30.048+02:00I got that feeling of being spun out with the endi...I got that feeling of being spun out with the ending here, which could have been a bit shorter. But when the plot is (really) good, I find that to be a pardonable offense. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-89191769367252490202017-05-13T00:19:21.643+02:002017-05-13T00:19:21.643+02:00Thanks for the review, and I'm glad to hear th...Thanks for the review, and I'm glad to hear that 'Case of Spirits' is worth reading. I've read three novels by Peter Lovesey, including 'Wobble to Death', and I've generally found that his works move slightly too much into the 'procedural' territory for me to enjoy them as much as I want to. In that all three of the novels I've read the mystery puzzle was spun out slightly longer than I would prefer... But they were good reads nonetheless. :)Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389512470283015279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-59187005004473872422017-05-13T00:18:14.383+02:002017-05-13T00:18:14.383+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389512470283015279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-32635537091616853012017-05-12T08:14:27.719+02:002017-05-12T08:14:27.719+02:00Thanks for the recommendation, Anon. Waxworks has ...Thanks for the recommendation, Anon. <i>Waxworks</i> has been jotted down for future reference and looking forward to exploring this series further. <br /><br />You're right about modern sentiments and characters parading around in historical mysteries is the greatest weakness of that sub-genre, but the historically accurate writers usually delivered some good detective stories. Carr is often overlooked as a pioneering voice in this field and he was really good at keeping the twentieth century from intruding on his historical work. Only exception are those three books in which he flung a modern character back into the past, but that was part of the story. <br /><br />Robert van Gulik was also great depicting ancient China in his Judge Dee stories and Paul Doherty usually got it right, but, sometimes, one of his protagonist seemed ahead of the curve. However, I still like most of his historical detectives. <br />TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-24752401044352701622017-05-12T03:12:10.606+02:002017-05-12T03:12:10.606+02:00The Cribb and Thackeray stories are great. I don&#...The Cribb and Thackeray stories are great. I don't think there was a poor one in the whole series. I thought, however, that the absolute best one was Waxwork, the last in the series. That one is in my all-time top ten list of best detective novels. Usually I don't much like historical detective novels because the authors don't know anything about the time period, it is just window dressing for 21st century characters to parade around in fancy dress. I thought that in this series Lovesey caught the real Victorian flavor and made full use of the time period. I was never able to figure out why he stopped writing them because I never much cared for the Diamond books.<br /><br />Since this is your first one, I think you are in for a real treat. <br /><br />They also did a TV series of the books and that also was excellent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com