tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post5873974537869727660..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder in Retrospect: The Best and Worst of 2019TomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-52970616481535592872020-01-04T13:29:06.845+01:002020-01-04T13:29:06.845+01:00I want to completely redo my list of 150 favorite ...I want to completely redo my list of 150 favorite detective novels, but the locked room lists might take a while, because of my ongoing exploration of Adey's and Skupin <i>Locked Room Murders</i> listings. This is why I have been doing so many single short story reviews of impossible crime stories. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-70295023902678871042020-01-03T08:10:23.702+01:002020-01-03T08:10:23.702+01:00By the way, with the new decade and all, do you ha...By the way, with the new decade and all, do you have any plans to update your list of favorite locked room mysteries or top 150 mysteries?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-58476044474604480172019-12-27T10:25:34.564+01:002019-12-27T10:25:34.564+01:00I'm well aware of the Coachwhip and Wildside r...I'm well aware of the Coachwhip and Wildside reprints, but haven't read any of them (yet!) and used the wintry illustration because it fitted this post. Who knows... Samuel Rogers might make the 2020 list. ;) <br /><br />All the best for 2020!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-11733830050362548462019-12-27T10:20:56.817+01:002019-12-27T10:20:56.817+01:00I liked Murder in the Madhouse and Headed for a He...I liked <i>Murder in the Madhouse</i> and <i>Headed for a Hearse</i> as good examples of the plot-driven, hardboiled locked room mystery, but Latimer phoned it in with <i>The Dead Don't Care</i> and the detectives were too busy with their drinks, food and women to bother with the translucent plot. I don't believe you have either the patience or tolerance to put up with it. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-38550024571596086672019-12-27T10:18:30.368+01:002019-12-27T10:18:30.368+01:00You're welcome and let us know what you though...You're welcome and let us know what you thought of Van Doorn's <i>De man die zijn geweten ontlastte</i>! And all the best for 2020! TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-73882765356824172392019-12-26T17:46:54.035+01:002019-12-26T17:46:54.035+01:00I was thinking that you were going to include YOU ...I was thinking that you were going to include YOU LEAVE ME COLD in the list because of that illustration at the top. But no Samuel Rogers to be found on either part of the list. Have you read any of those? Rogers has a professor detective in all three books. Coachwhip reprinted them with Curt's input, I'm sure.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-34360533091101335902019-12-26T17:15:35.880+01:002019-12-26T17:15:35.880+01:00WOw! I havenet reda any o fmy Bill Crane books I&#...WOw! I havenet reda any o fmy Bill Crane books I've saccumulatd over hte years. I read HEADED FOR A HEARSE Ages ago bu it wa s alibrary copy an dI never bothered to get my own. I started LADY IN THE MORGUE a while back, but couldn't get into it. Never bothered reading any Latimer mysteries since. Well, there was that "Peter Coffin" book I reviewed for the blog in 2011, but I can't count it. It's more of a parody of detective novels. Sad that DEAD DON'T CARE is such a stinker according to you because Latimer's scripts for the Perry Mason TV shows are always the best of any given season of that long running series. Maybe he improved over time and excelled on TV because they are basically short stories rather than novels.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-27797211339742240272019-12-25T19:35:45.408+01:002019-12-25T19:35:45.408+01:00Great overview with handy "capsule" revi...Great overview with handy "capsule" reviews. <br />Lots of love shown here for Brian Flynn! I expect to get my hands on the Anne van Doorn book in a few weeks ... Thanks gain for the recommendations.Christophehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978885973806549838noreply@blogger.com