tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post6350887030292415411..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: IN BRIEF: The Séance - John HarwoodJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-64598039422625181312011-06-16T16:02:01.931-05:002011-06-16T16:02:01.931-05:00Okay, you talked me into it - I am so Wilkie Colli...Okay, you talked me into it - I am so Wilkie Collins conscious at the moment that the mere mention of his name makes me sit up and take notice anywhere and everywhere. Sounds good, John. It's added to my TBR list. For the future though, not right now. Got too much else on my plate. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-68452933941462480282011-06-16T14:13:07.411-05:002011-06-16T14:13:07.411-05:00I had to remove a few spoilers and even reading it...I had to remove a few spoilers and even reading it now I think I've given away too much. oi thought I was making it enticing, but I think I should've stopped while I was ahead. I wouldn't call the locked room fiendishly clever at all. The book includes a violation of one of Knox's cardinal rules for detective fiction. But I really enjoyed it despite that. I was surprised three separate times, in fact. Even if the locked room solution is less than imaginative it is fitting for the type of book the Harwood wrote which is intended to be a throwback to the Victorian age. This type of book will always be my first love. Goes back to my college days when I specialized in this type of literature.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-24770963280593176842011-06-16T13:48:11.385-05:002011-06-16T13:48:11.385-05:00Is the locked room mystery any good? You know, som...Is the locked room mystery any good? You know, something fiendishly clever or at the very least somewhat original and not a rehashed old trick or uninspired. I'm very demanding when it comes to the impossible!TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-10168090881992285822011-06-16T11:38:17.610-05:002011-06-16T11:38:17.610-05:00Sounds really great John - never ready anything by...Sounds really great John - never ready anything by this author but shall definitely add it to the list - cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com