tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post5247919204994335129..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FIRST BOOKS: The Secret of Bogey House - Herbert AdamsJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-16389995476288655972011-12-31T15:06:26.678-06:002011-12-31T15:06:26.678-06:00Adams books definitely evince thrillerish tendenci...Adams books definitely evince thrillerish tendencies. Even after the 1920s some of his books (The Old Jew Mystery, for example, which gets its title from a game, not a person) are more thrillers. A Word of Six Letters, for example, starts out really promisingly as a classic detective novel then turns into more a thriller. Of course, GA thrillers, as you point out, can be enjoyable too. I think some Edgar Wallace, for example, is quite good actually! And people really do like some of Christie's thrillers (I would say Tommy and Tuppence actually are beloved characters in some quarters).<br /><br />As I'm sure you know, Adams became a staple of the Collins Crime Club, which you figure must have meant something, quality-wise. Barzun likes him a lot too. But a lot of the Roger Bennion detective novel titles are hard to find, both the Collins Crime Club and the post-war Macdonalds.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.com