tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post1801025214494561316..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: Coffins for Three - Frederick C. DavisJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-87970800930666790042013-06-02T10:52:19.572-05:002013-06-02T10:52:19.572-05:00John: Just got back to B-town (long story--but I&...John: Just got back to B-town (long story--but I've been off-blog for about a week). While away, I picked up more books [big surprise, I know] and Deep Lay the Dead by Davis is one. No dust jacket :-( --but a fine Crime Club edition none-the-less. Will be posting about my loot soon.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-70420309974196281442013-02-15T20:18:14.783-06:002013-02-15T20:18:14.783-06:00This does sound like a lot fun...messages by racin...This does sound like a lot fun...messages by racing pigeons! I'd need to be in the proper mood for it, but I could definitely see myself enjoying a pulp/detective fiction/bizarre kind of mash-up. Thanks for spotlighting it, John! Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-26702465393224322382013-02-15T15:02:22.001-06:002013-02-15T15:02:22.001-06:00I have Deep Lay the Dead novel, Mike. I thought it...I have <i>Deep Lay the Dead</i> novel, Mike. I thought it was a Cyrus Hatch book but I soon learned I was wrong and had to delete it from the list along with the very cool Crime Club DJ. But no matter it's already on my blog <a href="http://prettysinister.blogspot.com/2012/04/jacket-required-clutch-of-crime-clubs.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a> That's why there's another pulp magazine besede the bibliography at the bottom of the post. Darrell Johnson <a href="http://thestudylamp.blogspot.com/2012/03/frederick-c-davis-he-wouldnt-stay-dead.html" rel="nofollow">reviewed <i>He Wouldn't Stay Dead</i></a> last year on his blog. It was a review that made me seek out the Cyrus Hatch books. I'd also like to read some of Davis' books as "Stephen Ransome", one of his pseudonyms as a novelist and all published by Doubleday's Crime Club. He seems to be a writer of many moods.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-80389796180399102302013-02-15T14:25:55.062-06:002013-02-15T14:25:55.062-06:00Nice job of conveying the pulp-like antics that dr...Nice job of conveying the pulp-like antics that drive this novel. Back when I was a teenager, I went through a Thirties hero-pulp phase, during which I read a couple of Secret Agent X novels. Before long, I outgrew my taste for that kind of thing, and nowadays the helter-skelter nature of pulp plotting tends to turn me off. I've read one novel by Davis—"Deep Lie the Dead" (1942). It's a straight country-house mystery, with a bit of wartime espionage thrown in to add a bit of contemporary spice, and from reading it I would never have guessed that Davis had been a pulp writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-8051202391456312652013-02-15T13:57:49.361-06:002013-02-15T13:57:49.361-06:00Those letters were knocked off the gravestone, par...Those letters were knocked off the gravestone, part of the weird coded message I mentioned in the review. Overall, I liked the book. Sometimes in my posts I come off as disparaging, but it wasn't my intention here. It's a quirky and odd book, perhaps not for everyone. Pulp magazine story fans will definitely get a kick out of it.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-73761802972147511092013-02-15T13:35:14.667-06:002013-02-15T13:35:14.667-06:00Humm, sorry to hear about (okay, read of) your spa...Humm, sorry to hear about (okay, read of) your spammer problems, as there are still a few folks out there w/o blogs/posting accounts. Well, I'm certain you had to do it (he said).<br /><br />This sounds like it could either be a disaster or a lot of fun, depending on how well it's carried out. I wonder, on the first (Crime Club) cover, what the letters A, S, and EEE signify. Does it relate to the plot or is it just an artist having one on?Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com