tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post2814558723379340574..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: NEGLECTED DETECTIVES: Maria Black, M.A.J F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-21574764388252745132016-05-06T15:26:01.357-05:002016-05-06T15:26:01.357-05:00One Remained Seated found in this afternoon (trans...One Remained Seated found in this afternoon (translated in italian). I love the John Russell Fearn novels, particularly the Locked Rooms. I have read the Black maria novels also.<br />What do you think about his Locked Rooms?<br />One Renained Seated would seem to me being similar to other novels as those by Ellery Queen and F.G. Parke. I don't ask you about it because I have to read it also...<br />John, how are you?Pietro De Palmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051060020493340331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-55311593045949365722011-04-02T05:45:13.509-05:002011-04-02T05:45:13.509-05:00James here. The Maria Black stories I have read a...James here. The Maria Black stories I have read are fast-paced and make for quick fun reads. The detective in 'Framed in Guilt' actually is one Superintendent Henshaw, not Maria Black -even though it was originally published as by John Slate. The plot concerns a solicitor's clerk who is discovered on the floor of his employer's locked office with a knife stuck in his back. It is worth looking for too and was one of the titles reprinted in large print.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-86873505845023345122011-04-01T16:50:37.941-05:002011-04-01T16:50:37.941-05:00I can't believe someone beat me to my impossib...I can't believe someone beat me to my impossible murder in a theatre idea! Back to the drawing board...Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-64794591178585727372011-04-01T09:39:39.794-05:002011-04-01T09:39:39.794-05:00Oooh, yeah. A crime-solving scientist/teacher? D...Oooh, yeah. A crime-solving scientist/teacher? Definitely ahead of her time. On the list she goes.Carolhttp://www.carolkcarr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-20197549182588564792011-04-01T08:02:54.927-05:002011-04-01T08:02:54.927-05:00John...you're doing it again. Adding to my al...John...you're doing it again. Adding to my already way too long TBF list. There's no way on earth I'm going to find and own all the books on that list. But a new-to-me "academic mystery" series....those are going to the head of the class!Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-74520716099603137822011-04-01T06:41:59.740-05:002011-04-01T06:41:59.740-05:00By the way, the Maria Black books are also availab...By the way, the Maria Black books are also available in normal editions, from the Wildside Press, and lots of his other detective novels, too.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-7584138613545838772011-04-01T00:53:24.313-05:002011-04-01T00:53:24.313-05:00Ha! The premise of One Who Remained Seated sounds ...Ha! The premise of <i>One Who Remained Seated</i> sounds exactly like the plot a few of us were playing around with last year – and Patrick even worked the solution, I proffered, into a short story.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.com