tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post6247830617740117614..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: Things I Learned While Reading Detective Fiction, part 2J F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-26199781082923874352014-12-21T15:05:22.434-06:002014-12-21T15:05:22.434-06:00Mystery novels are a great place to learn, and thi...Mystery novels are a great place to learn, and this was a very interesting post. I am planning on reading some of the M.J. McGraph books. And I have got to try out some of the authors in #5 on your list.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-11133841654491427672014-12-21T03:34:36.364-06:002014-12-21T03:34:36.364-06:00It's a genre, isn't it? Most of Dick Franc...It's a genre, isn't it? Most of Dick Francis, the Nine Taylors...Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-82976449093074420212014-12-19T03:22:44.853-06:002014-12-19T03:22:44.853-06:00As always chum, a very impressive haul - who knew ...As always chum, a very impressive haul - who knew there was so much learning to be had! Well done. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00819072625907181179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-73234640569100554932014-12-18T21:22:37.156-06:002014-12-18T21:22:37.156-06:00What an entertaining and informative post. Looking...What an entertaining and informative post. Looking forward to more such posts.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-38256657237133072772014-12-18T11:58:49.975-06:002014-12-18T11:58:49.975-06:00"Who wants to ruin good gin with fruit juice ..."Who wants to ruin good gin with fruit juice of any kind?"<br />In one of Raymond Chandler's books there's a discussion of a Gimlet- gin and Rose's lime juice. Topped with soda it's an excellent drink in the tropics. Lime juice is much less sweet than other fruit juices.<br /><br />In the early 1970s I worked in an English hospital where older staff referred to the social workers as almoners.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-56760865271912134932014-12-18T08:32:08.037-06:002014-12-18T08:32:08.037-06:00Now that is food for thought! (Note: I've pull...Now that is food for thought! (Note: I've pulled up the chair, and I've been browsing through all sorts of discoveries at your site.) You've given me a different way of thinking about (and paying attention to) crime fiction with you current posting. As I am a mere nestling among soaring eagles when it comes to crime fiction, I have not much to contribute in the way of discoveries; however, I have recently learned this from Wilkie Collins' _The Moonstone_: Defoe's _Robinson Crusoe_ is a resource for whatever ails a person (i.e., that is at least Gabriel Betteredge's opinion, and who can argue with Betteredge).R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-57666758520108912542014-12-18T08:18:16.241-06:002014-12-18T08:18:16.241-06:00Death in Dream Time is the only mystery novel by S...<i>Death in Dream Time</i> is the only mystery novel by Sydney Courtier I have read to date, but it was very memorable for weaving the Aboriginal story of creation into the plot. There's a reprint edition of the book, from Wakefield Press, with a very attractive cover design. However, I'm not sure if it is still in print. <br /><br />Great list, by the way!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.com