tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post6304569561992509417..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Invisible Weapons (1938) by John RhodeTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-90397637765140221162018-02-21T21:49:28.647+01:002018-02-21T21:49:28.647+01:00Oh, yes, maybe this is something I should address ...Oh, yes, maybe this is something I should address on my blog. In Masters I heap some pretty strong praise on Bones in the Brickfield, for example. As for the Rhodes probably the best after 1953 or 1954 is Twice Dead. I like The Dovebury Murders too, but it needed some tweaking.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-17983497447296816522018-02-21T13:42:46.826+01:002018-02-21T13:42:46.826+01:00Welcome aboard. :)Welcome aboard. :)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-14755232182664295142018-02-21T13:40:43.517+01:002018-02-21T13:40:43.517+01:00Are there any 1950s Merrion titles you can recomme...Are there any 1950s Merrion titles you can recommend? TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-72458345792560072182018-02-21T13:36:15.391+01:002018-02-21T13:36:15.391+01:00Getting reprinted sure did wonders for Crofts!Getting reprinted sure did wonders for Crofts!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-2299895481679976982018-02-21T13:29:25.096+01:002018-02-21T13:29:25.096+01:00Thanks! And welcome aboard. Thanks! And welcome aboard. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-44152132573431954432018-02-21T13:28:28.232+01:002018-02-21T13:28:28.232+01:00Rhode should be picked by Dean Street Press, once ...Rhode should be picked by Dean Street Press, once they finish up reprinting Bush, because, that way, we'll get more of them at a faster pace. I'm just being practical. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-3808410161898674382018-02-21T12:00:13.649+01:002018-02-21T12:00:13.649+01:00Thanks for the tips .. its is a really information...Thanks for the tips .. its is a really information. i ill visited the blog regularly.... :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026642377313964858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-9406063502620743382018-02-21T10:16:04.757+01:002018-02-21T10:16:04.757+01:00I think the Rhodes definitely are better in the 19...I think the Rhodes definitely are better in the 1930s, then a shift starts in the 1940s, so that by the 1950s the Burtons are better generally. I think Street lost interest in Dr. P., like Christie tired of Poirot. As I say in Masters, Street expressed his increasing country nostalgia with the Merrion books, like Christie did with the Marples. Of course the overall quality of the 50s Streets in general is far below those of the 30s!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-15969020940939293432018-02-21T01:12:39.815+01:002018-02-21T01:12:39.815+01:00Hi I am so delighted I found your website, I reall...Hi I am so delighted I found your website, I really found you by mistake, while I was browsing on Digg for something else, Regardless I <br />am here now and would just like to say kudos for a incredible post and <br />a all round entertaining blog (I also love the theme/design), <br />I don?t have time to read it all at the moment but I have bookmarked <br />it and also added in your RSS feeds, so when I <br />have time I will be back to read a lot more, Please do keep up the excellent b.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-64834077752910013722018-02-21T00:05:10.140+01:002018-02-21T00:05:10.140+01:00I have not read enough Rhode to make this judgment...<em>I have not read enough Rhode to make this judgment, but the Dr. Priestley novels also strike me as better plotted than those with Merrion</em><br /><br />That's my impression as well.<br /><br />As more of the Dr Priestley novels come back into print I suspect that Rhode's reputation among GAD fans will steadily improve.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-92003157445727110072018-02-20T18:56:09.196+01:002018-02-20T18:56:09.196+01:00I'd put in a vote for Bricklayer's Arms, i...I'd put in a vote for Bricklayer's Arms, in which Waghorn actually solves the crime (Priestley's in it but makes almost no contribution), together with The Davidson Case.Jonathan Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653613829349599589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-61618305148437050342018-02-20T13:00:05.187+01:002018-02-20T13:00:05.187+01:00I have not read enough Rhode to make this judgment...I have not read enough Rhode to make this judgment, but the Dr. Priestley novels also strike me as better plotted than those with Merrion. Although <i>Death in the Tunnel</i> was quite good. <br /><br />Your review has me very curious about <i>Death at Low-Tide</i>. I hope it will get reprinted one of these days. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-18099035321462254432018-02-20T12:55:46.431+01:002018-02-20T12:55:46.431+01:00Let us know when you hear back from them. By the w...Let us know when you hear back from them. By the way, could you ask around if anyone is interested in republishing Peter Anthony's <i>The Woman in the Wardrobe</i> and A. & P. Shaffer's <i>Withered Murder</i>. I'm, uhm, asking for a friend who's a huge locked room fanboy. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-4902104266644690402018-02-20T12:03:42.149+01:002018-02-20T12:03:42.149+01:00It's great news that some of the Dr Priestley ...It's great news that some of the Dr Priestley novels are finally back in print. He's a much more interesting character than Desmond Merrion.<br /><br /><em> Death at Low-Tide</em> and <em>Dead Men at the Folly</em> are both excellent. They certainly deserve reprinting, as do <em>The House on Tollard Ridge</em> and <em>The Venner Crime</em>.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-46563921976771194372018-02-20T10:03:32.217+01:002018-02-20T10:03:32.217+01:00Glad to see this one reprinted, it's one I spe...Glad to see this one reprinted, it's one I spend some time on in Masters of the Humdrum Mystery. I had hoped by now I might have been able to introduce one Street title with someone, but it hasn't happened yet. However, I was asked to introduce a Carolyn Wells (without having written a book about her, go figure), so I will be talking to the CCC about other authors and titles.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-90241537729772025652018-02-19T21:40:00.504+01:002018-02-19T21:40:00.504+01:00You lose. You lose. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-9466219196739086462018-02-19T21:30:57.062+01:002018-02-19T21:30:57.062+01:00Thanks for the tip! But what happens if JJ turns a...Thanks for the tip! But what happens if JJ turns around and shoots me after 4 paces?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-75892826425245426992018-02-19T20:25:05.242+01:002018-02-19T20:25:05.242+01:00Just pick the pistols and turn around after five p...Just pick the pistols and turn around after five paces. You'll hit JJ full in the back when he's taking his sixth pace. Hey, technically, you're not breaking the gentleman's code. <br />TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-38414920729887145552018-02-19T20:11:11.341+01:002018-02-19T20:11:11.341+01:00haha oh dear! I may have to use my goats and chick...haha oh dear! I may have to use my goats and chickens as some kind of defence as I doubt my rapier or dueling pistol skills. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-59074563070674054742018-02-19T19:39:12.173+01:002018-02-19T19:39:12.173+01:00You know, something tells me this is going to end ...You know, something tells me this is going to end with you and JJ meeting at the crack of dawn, in a lonely churchyard, with rapiers or dueling pistols. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-45807488098006531452018-02-19T19:26:41.960+01:002018-02-19T19:26:41.960+01:00I'd agree that Crofts is not a cure for insomn...I'd agree that Crofts is not a cure for insomnia... but that's mainly because of the headache he causes from the sheer dullness of his writing and the ensuing boredom keep one too awake lolKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.com