tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post3126896563395276529..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: Death Takes an Editor - Nigel MorlandJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-39734907774962308702015-06-12T12:36:49.622-05:002015-06-12T12:36:49.622-05:00This book more than any other truly sickened me mo...This book more than any other truly sickened me mostly because of the detective's condemnation of Jill Bethanny and his suggestion to kill herself. I'm so over misogyny in crime fiction -- both in the past and the present. I cannot excuse it for any reason and certainly not when the writer presents it as scientific fact!<br /><br />Yes, I think you would like Palmyra Pym. I have an extra copy of one I reviewed here. Check your mail box in the coming weeks. :^DJ F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-88377531446849126722015-06-11T23:03:46.032-05:002015-06-11T23:03:46.032-05:00I think I'll skip this one, John. Ugh. But of ...I think I'll skip this one, John. Ugh. But of course not so outlandish when you think how 'fallen' women were treated in books and movies in the past - and even, occasionally, today. If a women 'sinned' (never mind that the men were doing the same thing) then ipso facto she had to be made to suffer. Usually that meant death or miserable unhappiness in the end. <br /><br />Would I like the Palmyra Pym books? I do like police procedurals. <br /><br />But you forgot to mention Harry Potter's creator J.K. Rowling who writes a fabulous detective series (two books along) under the name of Robert Galbraith.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-66839145445971406282015-06-05T07:10:24.565-05:002015-06-05T07:10:24.565-05:00Any of the Palmyra Pym books from the 1930s or 194...Any of the Palmyra Pym books from the 1930s or 1940s is the place to start. If you can find one! His strength is in thrillers of the Edgar Wallace school and police procedurals. I can send you a copy of <i>The Careless Hangman</i> if you want to try him out. He can concoct intricate plots in his novels of scientific detection (another of his fascinations in the world of true s crime) and I enjoyed all of the books he wrote as "John Donavan". The Nigel Morland bibliography is complete over at the Golden Age of Detection wiki. Click <a href="http://gadetection.pbworks.com/w/page/7931104/Morland%2C%20Nigel" rel="nofollow">here</a> to go to that page.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-32314334002770029482015-06-05T07:03:23.355-05:002015-06-05T07:03:23.355-05:00Oh come on! Of all people I thought you'd appr...Oh come on! Of all people I thought you'd appreciate the warning. Besides, I've done this before. Just type "warning" in the search box. The only reason I did give away a portion of the ending is because the book is very scarce. You'll probably never find a copy - especially in digital format. I only found three copies for sale online. It's truly a terrible book. Anyone with an ounce of humanity in them would find it repellent for Morland's view of women and their innate weakness in relationship to men.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-37246525055778438652015-06-05T03:01:40.511-05:002015-06-05T03:01:40.511-05:00Never read Morland but have stidiously avoided the...Never read Morland but have stidiously avoided the spoilers, tjough now, after your concluding comments, I might just read your review and just try a different Morland - where to start John?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-38915298704139334222015-06-04T23:35:59.592-05:002015-06-04T23:35:59.592-05:00Spoilers under a Spoiler Alert warning ? Well, I a...Spoilers under a Spoiler Alert warning ? Well, I am reminded of an English word beginning with H !Santosh Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555001344865957852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-33035575482035847292015-06-04T12:11:16.096-05:002015-06-04T12:11:16.096-05:00My guess is the regular publisher shied away from ...My guess is the regular publisher shied away from the book because of that "abnormal psychology". Just the words could be enough to turn off an editor.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com