Hello everybody and welcome to this brand-new, special
edition of At the Scene of the Crime!
Today, I’m very pleased to participate in the first cross-blog review of the
one-year anniversary celebrations. And what better co-blogger than Les Blatt of
the prolific Classic Mysteries podcast?
But what to review? Les usually tackles classic mysteries
that are either in print or easily obtained, so that ruled out books like the ever-so-obscure
(I wonder if that’s because it’s fictional) novel by George Van Hooligan, The Case of the Murderous Monk.
But wait! Thanks to Faber & Faber, several novels by
Cyril Hare have been brought back into print! This seemed like a perfect choice.
Cyril Hare is such a respected mystery author and was a member of the
prestigious Detection Club— plus he had experience as a judge, which lends a
touch of authenticity to his work. And after some thinking, we settled on Suicide Excepted as a good book to read
together!
Thanks a lot for joining me today, Les!
…
Les?
Oh, that’s right. I nearly forgot. As I’ve said before, Les’
reviews are in podcast form. That means there’s only one way to do this review
properly, and that’s to go invade the Classic
Mysteries podcast!
Well done guys - the joint podcast is a great success and a great idea - more please!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind comment, Sergio-- we both enjoyed this collaboration tremendously and I think it turned out very well indeed! And the book is, of course, well-worth reading.
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