tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post8575265863650631919..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: 1960 BOOK: Sleep with Slander - Dolores HitchensJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-2569246035122569682021-03-02T15:24:09.087-06:002021-03-02T15:24:09.087-06:00Just finished this one. Quite a good book, filled ...Just finished this one. Quite a good book, filled with effective minor characters. The resolution of the mystery is a bit over the top. <br />(Strongly disagree with your implied slam at such writers as Ross MacDonald though! )<br /><br />It’s available now from the Library of America, and I read it in Kindle.<br />I'll read her other Sader book at some point. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-16439411644528634622020-12-26T10:59:32.659-06:002020-12-26T10:59:32.659-06:00Excellent review of an excellent book. I read it a...Excellent review of an excellent book. I read it about three years ago, and the opening pages still haunt me.Christophehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978885973806549838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-75650791825073214702017-01-01T15:53:04.295-06:002017-01-01T15:53:04.295-06:00I really like this one a lot - certainly one of my...I really like this one a lot - certainly one of my favourite PI novels. But if it isn't the best, then which is better? I can't think of one but would love to read it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-62873962711283667272016-12-19T12:44:00.859-06:002016-12-19T12:44:00.859-06:00"Cozy." Bleech! I feel the same way -- a..."Cozy." Bleech! I feel the same way -- about the word and the entire subgenre.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-14781305160118151342016-12-19T06:54:56.884-06:002016-12-19T06:54:56.884-06:00Thanks for clarifying that point, John. There is m...Thanks for clarifying that point, John. There is much that I dislike in modern crime fiction. To counter the ubermacho worldview that you mentioned, there is an overly feminine one, esp in cozies (a word that I have come to detest).neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-75857521225915935612016-12-17T08:07:40.145-06:002016-12-17T08:07:40.145-06:00The grandfather received a detailed anonymous lett...The grandfather received a detailed anonymous letter about the child. Forgot to add that bit. Interesting about the Nero Wolfe book. Still, it's rare to encounter such sensitivity in early private eye books written by men. Modern crime fiction tends to be more insightful and open minded though there's a lot of the ubermacho worldview that leaks through that I can't stand. J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-5336045743186652122016-12-17T07:25:12.733-06:002016-12-17T07:25:12.733-06:00The book seems really good John but how did the gr...The book seems really good John but how did the grandfather know the child was being abused?? I think in Stout's Motherhunt also the investigation begins to move coz of buttons on a child's dress which appear to be very distinctive and are apparently not mass produced.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-28312337693344185962016-12-15T04:53:00.827-06:002016-12-15T04:53:00.827-06:00Cannot resist that detail about the hand-knitting ...Cannot resist that detail about the hand-knitting - have already obtained this before coming to comment. I have downloaded it for my kindle. I have read something by Hitchens before, but cannot think what: I need to consult the records.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.com