tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post7413608848274289098..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: IMPRESSIVE IMPRINTS - Dutton Clue MysteriesJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-2784112586717586202021-10-15T13:58:38.601-05:002021-10-15T13:58:38.601-05:00Yes, indeed, it is by Beck. I picked it up just be...Yes, indeed, it is by Beck. I picked it up just because it looked interesting--was really pleased to get home and see that you'd written on the Dutton Clue Mystery series. It's always fun to discover you've picked up a treasure all unbeknownst. I'm still logging my finds from yesterday. Brad & I plan to go (probably tomorrow). Once I know I'm done, I'll have a post up to show what treasures I grabbed up.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-59026816603735380742021-10-14T17:44:36.797-05:002021-10-14T17:44:36.797-05:00Isn’t that one of the Henry Charles Beck mysteries...Isn’t that one of the Henry Charles Beck mysteries? That’s quite a find. All his books are scarce. I have <i>Cakes to Kill</i> as well as the one you found. Not read either…yet. He was a news reporter from New Jersey most his life. One of his detectives is a Presbyterian minister. Or maybe Episcopal. <br /><br />Joe and I have only been to that Red Criss sale once. But we took home quite a haul when we went. Back in the early days of this blog of course. J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-63225283569319258432021-10-14T16:17:36.147-05:002021-10-14T16:17:36.147-05:00I have finally gotten hold of one these (Murder in...I have finally gotten hold of one these (Murder in the News Room)--but without dust jacket or insert, alas. Had my annual book binge today at the huge Book Fair (was Red Cross, now Hoosier Hills Food Bank) at the Fair Grounds. I was hoping for a better selection since it was cancelled last year--as were most things--because of the pandemic.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-89507319788328766842019-06-27T17:36:06.619-05:002019-06-27T17:36:06.619-05:00No such list exists in any of the books and not on...No such list exists in any of the books and not on the internet that I know of. I don't think it's the last title in the imprint. I'm sure that Dutton Clue books continued through the mid-1940s. HOwever, by 1947 the Dutton Clue idea faded away and was replaced the Dutton Guilt Edged Mysteries. I abandoned this feature rather quickly in 2016. It was extremely time consuming laying out the many DJ photos and I had to stop or lose my mind. I'm sorry I never got to the second Dutton imprint, but there is already lots of info about that imprint elsewhere on the 'net. As stated in this article I do not have a complete collection of Dutton Clue books. Thanks for the additional info on a later title in the Dutton Clue books.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-17101541574166941332019-06-27T16:30:45.849-05:002019-06-27T16:30:45.849-05:00I have a 1937 Dutton Clue Mystery THE CASE OF THE ...I have a 1937 Dutton Clue Mystery THE CASE OF THE Crawling Cockroach by Harlan Reed. It has the hand logo and the Challenge page. Is this book the last of the Dutton Clue Mystery books? I cannot find a list of the books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-76347687239379553132016-07-12T13:17:24.141-05:002016-07-12T13:17:24.141-05:00I understood that. As far as Dutton was concerned ...I understood that. As far as Dutton was concerned this was a marketing gimmick only. The sealed pages were used only once that I know of; it was never a regular feature of the imprint. The inserts and the "Stop!" pages are similar to other challenges, including Ellery Queen's "Challenge to the Reader" which was created by the writer and is an intrinsic part of the novel not a publisher invention. There are many of these types of inserts created by the publishers as marketing gimmicks. Even Doubleday's Crime Club used something similar on the endpapers of the novels written by Hugh Austin. But there is no guarantee that each book chosen as a "Dutton Clue Mystery" would be a fair play mystery or that any reader could prove how a good a detective he was and solve the mystery by the time he reached that particular page. In some cases the insert page often appeared before all the clues had been presented. I think they were placed at random with no regard for the actual clues if there were any. Many of the Dutton Clue Mysteries were not even detective novels, they were thrillers (most of Walter Masterman's books, for example) with no "whodunit" element at all.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-15569243080853372742016-07-12T12:30:04.860-05:002016-07-12T12:30:04.860-05:00One of the reasons I asked. The "Clue" i...One of the reasons I asked. The "Clue" in the imprint, the sealed pages both imply fair play, but Keeler isn't the only author there not known for such mysteries.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-21577446944267756922016-07-12T12:07:40.830-05:002016-07-12T12:07:40.830-05:00Hardly. If you're acquainted with Keeler's...Hardly. If you're acquainted with Keeler's books (Dutton published 90% of his US editions in his lifetime) you would know that none of them remotely resemble anything related to the "fair play" detective novel.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-30773133207747796442016-07-12T08:59:14.712-05:002016-07-12T08:59:14.712-05:00Well, Harry Stephen Keeler of Chicago was a loony ...Well, Harry Stephen Keeler of Chicago was a loony author (perhaps a mad genius) !<br />Do you know the loony solution of X.Jones Of Scotland Yard? It is given here<br /> http://home.williampoundstone.net/Keeler/Jones.htmlSantosh Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555001344865957852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-90923794678547691322016-07-11T12:18:12.096-05:002016-07-11T12:18:12.096-05:00Was the intent that these would all be fair play m...Was the intent that these would all be fair play mysteries?Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com