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Vincent Starrett (1886–1974)

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Verk av Vincent Starrett

221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes (1940) — Redaktör; Bidragsgivare — 92 exemplar
The great hotel murder (1934) 49 exemplar
Murder on "B" Deck (1929) 48 exemplar
The Unique Hamlet (1920) 48 exemplar
Fourteen Great Detective Stories (1928) — Redaktör — 36 exemplar
Bookman's Holiday (1942) 29 exemplar
Penny Wise & Book Foolish (1929) 23 exemplar
The Quick and the Dead (1965) 21 exemplar
Dead Man Inside (1931) 14 exemplar
Murder in Peking (1946) 14 exemplar
World's Great Spy Stories (1945) 13 exemplar
Books and bipeds (1947) 10 exemplar
The Blue Door (1930) 8 exemplar
Ambrose Bierce (1920) 7 exemplar
Flame and Dust (1924) 6 exemplar
Coffins for Two (1924) 5 exemplar
Et Cetera (1924) 5 exemplar
BOOK COLUMN. (1958) 4 exemplar
Autolycus in limbo (1943) 3 exemplar
Midnight and Percy Jones (1936) 2 exemplar
The End of Mr. Garment (1932) 2 exemplar
A student of catalogues (1921) 2 exemplar
All About Mother Goose (1930) 2 exemplar
Ebony flame (1922) 2 exemplar
Mr Garments död 1 exemplar
Goodby Chris 1 exemplar
Fifteen more poems 1 exemplar
Collected Poems (1995) 1 exemplar
Snow for Christmas (1935) 1 exemplar
What's O'Clock? (1930) 1 exemplar
War correspondent (1999) 1 exemplar
The Evil Eye 1 exemplar

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100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998) — Bidragsgivare — 63 exemplar
Baker Street Studies (1934) — Bidragsgivare — 54 exemplar
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Golden Age Bibliomysteries (2023) — Bidragsgivare — 23 exemplar
The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories, Volume 6 (1929) — Bidragsgivare — 22 exemplar
The Secret Ceremonies: Critical Essays on Arthur Machen (2019) — Bidragsgivare — 17 exemplar
Fire and Sleet and Candlelight: New Poems of the Macabre (1961) — Bidragsgivare — 16 exemplar
The Glorious Mystery (1924) — Redaktör, vissa utgåvor14 exemplar
Adventure Tales #1 (2004) — Bidragsgivare — 12 exemplar
The Mystery Companion (1943) — Bidragsgivare — 12 exemplar
Tales of the Undead: Vampires and Visitants (1947) — Bidragsgivare, vissa utgåvor9 exemplar
Redselen i Deptford og andre studier i Sherlock Holmes (1980) — Bidragsgivare — 8 exemplar
Murder for the Millions (1946) — Bidragsgivare — 7 exemplar
Second Mystery Companion (1944) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar
Classic stories of crime and detection (1976) — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar
Adventure Tales #6 (2010) — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar
John McCutcheon's book — Inledning — 4 exemplar
The American Legion Reader (1953) — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar
Adventure Tales #5 (2008) — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar
Maddened by Mystery: A Casebook of Canadian Detective Fiction (1982) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
The Bedside Bonanza (1944) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Weird Tales Volume 20 Number 6, December 1932 — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Weird Tales Volume 31 Number 4, April 1938 — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Weird Tales Volume 33 Number 4, April 1939 — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Horror and Homicide (1949) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar

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Edited by Vincent Starrett and first published in 1940, this is an early piece of the Sherlockian great game, with pastiches (Starrett's fine enough "Unique Hamlet"; the soggy, sorry "Sussex Interview" by one P. M. Stone); some research (a fine bit of investigation on whether Holmes had American ties, a good one on his eating habits, but then flaccid ones like the comparison of Holmes and Dr. Johnson). Etc. A very important book for students of Holmes and Sherlockiana, reissued here in Otto Penzler's 1990s "Sherlock Holmes Library" series of paperbacks. It makes me want the other books in the series.… (mer)
 
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tuckerresearch | Jul 24, 2023 |
A bit cringe-y due to the dated and racist treatments of some characters, but an interesting mystery.
 
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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | 5 andra recensioner | Sep 15, 2022 |
Inadvertently overstaying his pre-departure visit to the cruise liner "Latakia", crime novelist Dunstan Mollock gets to enjoy an unplanned trans-Atlantic crossing to Europe. His friend Walter Ghost, an amateur detective and an "appallingly ugly man" is also on the ship.

To make good use of his sudden spare time onboard the ship, Mollock decides to write a mystery story. Before long however he is involved in an murder mystery which mirrors his planned crime novel. Passenger Countess Fogantini is found dead in her cabin, a victim of strangling. Later the same night, Major Phillips, a fellow passenger goes overboard without a clue as to whether he jumped or was pushed.

The ship's captain asks Ghost to investigate the deaths and solve the mystery before the ship reaches Cherbourg in France. Ghost faces a complex puzzle and there's a cast of interesting characters to study. Mollock is both a help and a hindrance in the sleuthing. A lack of motive for the killing adds complications to Ghost's investigation.

It's an intricately plotted story, full of red herrings to draw out the suspense. It's more character-driven then plot-driven. The ending is anti-climatic and may not satisfy all readers. The mystery story itself is the largest draw, rather than figuring out the answer to whodunnit.

The story was written in 1929 and reflects the then-current beliefs and conventions of those times. There's some writing that will offend modern readers, but it's not really in-your-face. This one of a series, but can be read as a standalone.
An entertaining read for cozy fans.
… (mer)
½
 
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BrianEWilliams | Aug 31, 2022 |

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Verk
81
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Medlemmar
1,009
Popularitet
#25,561
Betyg
4.0
Recensioner
24
ISBN
70

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