tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post7375044431539831141..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Portrait of a Murderer (1933) by Anne MeredithTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-15995274782524845952019-12-03T06:31:44.955+01:002019-12-03T06:31:44.955+01:00Ha, well, given how much some character-driven stu...Ha, well, given how much some character-driven stuff has really worked for me -- Max Murray's The Voice of the Corpse being possibly the most notable example -- then, yeah. Six stars, plus a permanent place in my heart. And its own bookshelf.JJ @ The Invisible Eventhttps://theinvisibleevent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-24677543718015338162019-12-03T03:19:24.549+01:002019-12-03T03:19:24.549+01:00I didn’t finish it. Started well. I didn’t finish it. Started well. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-38829016435526661812019-12-02T23:24:09.417+01:002019-12-02T23:24:09.417+01:00Well, I didn't like it... So at least four sta...Well, I didn't like it... So at least four stars. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-38849334342003784422019-12-02T23:15:49.365+01:002019-12-02T23:15:49.365+01:00Yeah, not really my shot of thing and should have ...Yeah, not really my shot of thing and should have known better, but Malleson is usually very good with the character-driven crime/suspense bits in her Anthony Gilbert novels. So it was worth a shot. Crook is the best!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-17208056373248124312019-12-02T19:58:56.490+01:002019-12-02T19:58:56.490+01:00Great minds, TC -- the Christmas setting of this m...Great minds, TC -- the Christmas setting of this means it's lined up on my TBR for the weeks ahead. Sorry it wasn't quite your kind of thing, I'll be interested to see what I make of it.JJ @ The Invisible Eventhttps://theinvisibleevent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-57508370101152127802019-12-02T19:45:48.864+01:002019-12-02T19:45:48.864+01:00I was quite surprised when I saw you were reviewin...I was quite surprised when I saw you were reviewing this book, as I didn't definitely didn't think it would be your sort of thing... which it turns out is correct lol <br />I have read one of the Scott Egerton novels but I didn't really enjoy it. Crook is definitely a much better lead. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.com