tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post2936989960324353165..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: FFB: Conjurer's Coffin - Guy CullingfordJ F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-2791055138712607182016-09-06T02:15:49.402-05:002016-09-06T02:15:49.402-05:00POST MORTEM is the one on my shelf, looking very b...POST MORTEM is the one on my shelf, looking very balefully at me to be honest ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-14414678448792273672016-09-05T08:32:15.804-05:002016-09-05T08:32:15.804-05:00That's hysterical! I've had a few accident...That's hysterical! I've had a few accidental search results like that in my day. Hope you uncover that Cullingford book and enjoy it. From what I know THE WHIPPING BOYS is about a gang, a spinster who died of fright, and the young man who is thought to have been responsible for her death. No real whips or other BDSM paraphernalia in sight.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-253253122968323832016-09-04T11:27:14.102-05:002016-09-04T11:27:14.102-05:00I read yours and Martin's mentions of Cullingf...I read yours and Martin's mentions of Cullingford/Taylor on the same day, and was pretty sure I had a Cullingford book somewhere. I looked up my remembered title on a search engine (not Google): Guy Cullingford, The Whipping Boys. This turned out to be a huge mistake as the search decided that I meant 'gay whipping boys' rather than Guy Cullingford, The Whipping Boys. I really cannot recommend the resulting list of links.<br />Anyway, not going to let that put me off, will look further at this author, she sounds very interesting. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-86622484082582628312016-09-03T15:29:05.774-05:002016-09-03T15:29:05.774-05:00I'm still trying to decide if I want to pay 20...I'm still trying to decide if I want to pay 20 bucks for a Philip MacDonald book I desperately want (so far I can't bring myself to do it) - so I doubt I'd shell out more than that for a book by an author I'm not familiar with. Still, it was fun to read your review, John. I'll just sit here and pine away for books I can't have. Big Sigh.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-15977128659245757932016-09-03T10:07:07.191-05:002016-09-03T10:07:07.191-05:00John, how pleasing that we both chose books by the...John, how pleasing that we both chose books by the same writer on the same day! I agree that she deserves to be much better known.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-59437667263828476492016-09-03T07:26:29.568-05:002016-09-03T07:26:29.568-05:00All Guy Cullingford's books are available in k...All Guy Cullingford's books are available in kindle editions at Amazon (published by The Murder Room)Santosh Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555001344865957852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-9352761970498518842016-09-02T10:42:30.182-05:002016-09-02T10:42:30.182-05:00That review by Jon Jermey at the GAD wiki is just ...That review by Jon Jermey at the GAD wiki is just plain snarky, IMO. The entire review denigrates the book for being a novel! Taylor is talented, literate, witty, observant, satiric -- everything that I look for when I want to read fiction, not just mystery fiction. If <i>Conjurer's Coffin</i> is less of a detective novel than a crime novel that doesn't mean it ought to dismissed so severely and so petulantly.<br /><br />Taylor has been praised by German crime fiction critic Thomas Wörtche who called her "woefully underestimated" in the <a href="http://www.app.cicero.de/salon/mordsvergnuegen/47114/seite/2" rel="nofollow"> only critical essay I've found about her writing online</a>. The single paragraph is worth reading even if you have to resort to Google translate. She appears in the essay alongside such talents as Highsmith, Ellroy, and Ian Rankin among others.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-22820335755236471872016-09-02T08:39:57.563-05:002016-09-02T08:39:57.563-05:00I see I commented on your review of Post Mortem, b...I see I commented on your review of <i>Post Mortem</i>, but not much has changed since then. Cullingford is still residing on my wishlist. However, you've once again convinced me to ignore the reviews on the GAD Wiki and give her a shot somewhere down the line. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-47156536238158670302016-09-02T06:39:10.964-05:002016-09-02T06:39:10.964-05:00You have failed to mention an important fact regar...You have failed to mention an important fact regarding availability. Check it out !Santosh Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555001344865957852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-33368089052822672222016-09-02T02:11:41.292-05:002016-09-02T02:11:41.292-05:00I got one of her books on your say so but have not...I got one of her books on your say so but have not read it yet (sorry, but the JFN shelf at home is pretty full) - must her there soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com