tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post8379680113407031681..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: Raising HellTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-20362718654922193792011-09-12T20:57:57.736+02:002011-09-12T20:57:57.736+02:00Well, it's more like a broken engagement than ...Well, it's more like a broken engagement than an unhappy marriage, but you have to give Doherty points here for being ambitious and the setting reflects a fascinating period in history.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-36039332651805501422011-09-12T19:58:19.967+02:002011-09-12T19:58:19.967+02:00That's a fascinating review - but I can't ...That's a fascinating review - but I can't decide whether you've put me off this one or it's heading to the top of my "must buy" list...<br /><br />It sounds like A Haunt of Murder, where there's quite an impressive blend of supernatural and proper mystery - including one very smart use of the supernatural to hide a clue (yes, you heard me) in plain sight. But from this review, it sounds as if the marriage betweent the two ideas is a less happy one...<br /><br />On the other hand, Doherty has picked another area of history that a) I don't know much about and b) I feel that I ought to. Maybe when the huge Doherty pile of thirty-ish unread books lessens a bit...Puzzle Doctorhttp://classicmystery.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com