tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post2787169735661156059..comments2024-03-28T09:33:29.705+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Book of 1922: The Vanishing of Betty Varian by Carolyn WellsClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61393262375977672922015-11-11T22:03:13.467+00:002015-11-11T22:03:13.467+00:00I didn't know very much about her, and I'm...I didn't know very much about her, and I'm glad I sampled this one, but I won't be chasing up more of them.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-17568327924187142642015-11-11T20:22:09.285+00:002015-11-11T20:22:09.285+00:00Hmmm, I am not sure whether I would like this book...Hmmm, I am not sure whether I would like this book or this author or not. I guess I will try one of her books if I run into them. I know I have heard of her, maybe from The Passing Tramp's posts.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65709277571635896472015-11-08T20:52:21.023+00:002015-11-08T20:52:21.023+00:00Look forward to reading your views Prashant. She w...Look forward to reading your views Prashant. She wrote SO much, there must be something for everyone.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-52020490559745719752015-11-08T20:50:54.801+00:002015-11-08T20:50:54.801+00:00I wonder if it was a real likelihood, or just hand...I wonder if it was a real likelihood, or just handy for mystery writers? Getting rid of the servants is key to all kinds of things.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-70063149826773443332015-11-08T20:48:12.576+00:002015-11-08T20:48:12.576+00:00I certainly did - it was a hoot, I hope your book ...I certainly did - it was a hoot, I hope your book is as much fun.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-34395361315933351432015-11-08T19:19:26.916+00:002015-11-08T19:19:26.916+00:00I don't think my comment took...so here we go ...I don't think my comment took...so here we go again. 1922 - no big secret - E. Phillips Oppenheim - The Evil Shepherd. You read The Great Impersonation after a tip-off from yours truly.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28448001893763867062015-11-08T16:31:53.838+00:002015-11-08T16:31:53.838+00:00Moira, I so do want to read Carolyn Wells books, e...Moira, I so do want to read Carolyn Wells books, especially since many of them are available legally in public domain. I have downloaded "Raspberry Jam" though I not read it yet. I think, she also wrote westerns and those I'd like to read. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-58508725371507985562015-11-08T15:07:02.227+00:002015-11-08T15:07:02.227+00:00Great stuff! And it occurs to me. Isn't it in ...Great stuff! And it occurs to me. Isn't it in Fear Stalks the Village that all the staff go off somewhere together - I think it was a fair, rather than a circus.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-36551534013276682822015-11-08T14:19:28.989+00:002015-11-08T14:19:28.989+00:00You should get in as many as you can! I have a fav...You should get in as many as you can! I have a favourite line from a 1920s book which is: 'From the garden rose a scream, loud and piercing, ending in a blood-curdling gurgle.'<br />You know where you are with a book that ends a chapter like that!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57426325866031332452015-11-08T14:11:10.045+00:002015-11-08T14:11:10.045+00:00You do tempt me, Moira, as regards what modern aut...You do tempt me, Moira, as regards what modern authors can and can't do! I have always wanted to write 'A shot rang out,' and I did, though I can't remember where now or whether it go through the edit.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-69901216981750930892015-11-08T14:10:55.396+00:002015-11-08T14:10:55.396+00:00Are you going to say what it is or are we going to...Are you going to say what it is or are we going to have to wait for the review?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-56115280491678361552015-11-08T14:01:59.236+00:002015-11-08T14:01:59.236+00:00That said, I have now found a book....That said, I have now found a book....col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-56421773308062880732015-11-08T12:37:43.816+00:002015-11-08T12:37:43.816+00:00Really not a vintage year, and especially not for ...Really not a vintage year, and especially not for your preferred genres!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-42865537045326824412015-11-08T10:54:15.663+00:002015-11-08T10:54:15.663+00:00Yes, which one, Lucy, I don't remember that on...Yes, which one, Lucy, I don't remember that one. Wells seems to specialize in young rich women who do that sort of thing!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-53604524314208753102015-11-08T06:43:54.672+00:002015-11-08T06:43:54.672+00:00Don't think I'll be bothering with any of ...Don't think I'll be bothering with any of this author's books, or indeed the year.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-7238909406063868532015-11-07T20:53:57.289+00:002015-11-07T20:53:57.289+00:00So - any advance on two bogus body-botherers? Whic...So - any advance on two bogus body-botherers? Which story was it Lucy?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-78290585497816759922015-11-07T20:52:33.084+00:002015-11-07T20:52:33.084+00:00What I love is that I think someone faking a 1920s...What I love is that I think someone faking a 1920s setting, writing a historical book, would put in quite different details. I'm sure no modern author would put in the silent movie and the circus.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-90963024814321756872015-11-07T20:46:32.932+00:002015-11-07T20:46:32.932+00:00"Bad I've lived and bad I'll die"..."Bad I've lived and bad I'll die" is a motto for us all Curt!<br />Thanks for all the info - very interesting indeed.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-83891455759609252562015-11-07T14:02:51.733+00:002015-11-07T14:02:51.733+00:00Just read a Christie short story in which TWO peop...Just read a Christie short story in which TWO people find the body but say nothing and leave it for the servants to "discover" in the morning. I think.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9264645923744703932015-11-07T13:13:40.278+00:002015-11-07T13:13:40.278+00:00This certainly is an interesting setup, Moira, and...This certainly is an interesting setup, Moira, and what a very 1922 sort of book! It seems to say as much about the society of the time as it does about the actual mystery plot. And I think it adds to the story that she included lip-reading and silent film-making - another look at those times. That and servants going to the circus. Very 1922...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-806295055808085612015-11-07T11:39:49.649+00:002015-11-07T11:39:49.649+00:00"Bad I’ve lived and bad I’ll die."
That..."Bad I’ve lived and bad I’ll die."<br /><br />That's always been my philosophy!<br /><br />Carolyn Wells has rather an interesting place in detective fiction. I've written the longest extant piece on her in Mysteries Unlocked, Bill Pronzini and Jon L. Breen have written about her too. Doug Greene mentions in his book on Carr how Carr was a great fan as an adolescent. Bill is very dismissive of her and she wrote a lot of bad books, but I'm a defender of some of the earlier ones, up to the early twenties particularly.<br /><br />Some of her books are really loopy, so that Bill calls them "alternative" classics. There's one where the heroine comes home at night, finds the butler murdered and then goes upstairs to bed, figuring someone else will deal with it. That's the nice thing about having servants, I suppose!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.com