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Forum: Dorothy L. Sayers October 6th, 2003, 02:10 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,803
Posted By George Hanbury
"If Walsh wants to write pastiches, all very...

"If Walsh wants to write pastiches, all very well. However, I think it inappropriate for her to put Sayers' name on the product."

Good point! "A Lord Peter Wimsey mystery by Jill Paton Walsh"...
Forum: Dorothy L. Sayers September 27th, 2003, 12:25 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,803
Posted By George Hanbury
I've just finished reading Presumption of Death -...

I've just finished reading Presumption of Death - or rather, listening to it as a brilliantly read unabridged audiobook (by Edward Petherbridge). I enjoyed it immensely, and thought it actually...
Forum: General July 20th, 2003, 12:51 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 641
Posted By George Hanbury
"this particular book must have been proofread by...

"this particular book must have been proofread by someone whose idea of intellectual activity is dwarf-tossing. "

And it isn't only in reset paperbacks this happens. In the last year or so I've...
Forum: General March 27th, 2003, 01:36 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 713
Posted By George Hanbury
Heat of the Sun

Been away some time so only just catching up on past posts. I agree with the enthusiastic review of Heat of the Sun, an all too short series that had real quality and a blessedly different setting. ...
Forum: General December 27th, 2002, 12:15 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 703
Posted By George Hanbury
Dog In A Bog

I suppose Conan Doyle is pre Golden Age (or should that be early Golden Age?) but I guess that a lot of us came to Christie, Carr, Stout and co via the Sherlock Holmes stories and still enjoy them....
Forum: Book Club October 6th, 2002, 12:09 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,016
Posted By George Hanbury
When I first starting reading Crispin, I was also...

When I first starting reading Crispin, I was also thrown by the fact that one book would be a 'real' detective story and the next much more of a thriller. (Innes did this too, of course, and Gladys...
Forum: Book Club October 1st, 2002, 01:31 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,790
Posted By George Hanbury
I also enjoyed Buried for Pleasure more than I...

I also enjoyed Buried for Pleasure more than I did The Moving Toyshop, although 'Toyshop' always seems to be quoted as "the best'' Edmund Crispin. The opening concept - of the moving shop - is...
Forum: General September 20th, 2002, 12:28 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,913
Posted By George Hanbury
Dave I think I'd go a step further - I haven't...

Dave
I think I'd go a step further - I haven't been able to get through ANYTHING by Elizabeth George!
Or by Patricia Cornwell.
I sometimes get through a Martha Grimes, not for the quality of the...
Forum: Book Club September 18th, 2002, 11:10 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,016
Posted By George Hanbury
To go off at a slight tangent, the wonderful...

To go off at a slight tangent, the wonderful non-doing pig reminds me how good EC is at creating characterful animals - the Chief Constable in 'The Long Divorce' has a cat that sees Martians (well,...
Forum: Book Club August 24th, 2002, 02:30 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,005
Posted By George Hanbury
Dave wrote: "You'll have to pretend you don't...

Dave wrote: "You'll have to pretend you don't know "whodunit" .

No pretence needed! I have the perfect memory for Golden Age Mysteries: I forget "whodunit" about three hours after I've finished...
Forum: General August 22nd, 2002, 07:27 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 784
Posted By George Hanbury
Thanks for drawing attention to this book. I...

Thanks for drawing attention to this book. I managed to pick up a copy on ABE and found it really good a real tribute to Agatha Christie.
One word of warning: my copy is the original English one. ...
Forum: Book Club August 22nd, 2002, 07:19 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,005
Posted By George Hanbury
Great! I've just read this.

Great! I've just read this.
Forum: General July 5th, 2002, 12:32 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 732
Posted By George Hanbury
Interesting. Only the other week BBC Radio Four...

Interesting. Only the other week BBC Radio Four broadcast an enjoyable play in which Dorothy L joined forces with a reluctant Arthur Conan Doyle to investigate the famous real-life disappearance...
Forum: General June 28th, 2002, 01:01 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 674
Posted By George Hanbury
Georgette Heyer

I enjoy her detective novels too, though the early ones aren't really pure GA mysteries because they don't depend on "fair play" clues - they're a mix of social comedy and thriller. I have a feeling...
Forum: General June 28th, 2002, 12:19 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 784
Posted By George Hanbury
The Eleventh Little Nigger

There was an American edition (in 1979) and it was indeed called The Eleventh Little Indian (ABE has several copies shown).
But what would it be called now - presumably Indian is no longer...
Forum: General April 26th, 2002, 01:20 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,432
Posted By George Hanbury
Keith Thanks for the information - and belated...

Keith
Thanks for the information - and belated thanks too to the others who responded to my original query.

George
Forum: John Dickson Carr April 11th, 2002, 11:31 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 833
Posted By George Hanbury
As a newcomer I'm still picking up on threads, so...

As a newcomer I'm still picking up on threads, so forgive me if I go back on some where there hasn't been a recent post or repeat a point already made....just to say that The Devil in Velvet is the...
Forum: John Dickson Carr April 11th, 2002, 10:55 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 13,409
Posted By George Hanbury
Forget the BBC - suggest the Fell/Hadley romance...

Forget the BBC - suggest the Fell/Hadley romance to Channel Four without any sex changes!
Cheers
Forum: John Dickson Carr April 10th, 2002, 02:07 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 13,409
Posted By George Hanbury
JDC on TV

If I’m not hallucinating, BBC TV did adapt one of the stories many, many years ago (early 60s? Certainly in black and white days). I think it was The Ten Teacups (I believe the US title is...
Forum: General April 6th, 2002, 01:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,432
Posted By George Hanbury
Obelists

Have recently come across C Daly King's Obelists Fly High - dates from 1935 and seems to be the only one of his books that's been kept in print (my copy was a Dover paperback). An absolute classic,...
Forum: General April 6th, 2002, 12:58 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 761
Posted By George Hanbury
Nicholas Blake

Fully agree about Nicholas Blake. I particularly like his choice of unusual settings - a Dorset brewery (There's Trouble Brewing 1937), a holiday camp (Malice in Wonderland, 1940), a boys' prep...
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