tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843736442009425916.post4651172566392682407..comments2023-09-15T12:32:12.503+02:00Comments on Mysteries, Short and Sweet: Blood on the Tracks (ed. Martin Edwards)Christian_Henrikssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13013383718388416698noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843736442009425916.post-50541995387636381692019-03-05T16:46:51.860+01:002019-03-05T16:46:51.860+01:00Yeah, if I remember correctly we were fairly agree...Yeah, if I remember correctly we were fairly agreed on this one. I'm still perplexed about the inclusion of the F. Tennyson Jesse tale - it certainly features a train, but man, it really isn't a mystery at all.Christian_Henrikssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13013383718388416698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843736442009425916.post-55806577159074100092019-03-05T04:05:07.597+01:002019-03-05T04:05:07.597+01:00Oh - and thanks for linking to my review!Oh - and thanks for linking to my review!Aidan @ Mysteries Ahoy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00106936772297649003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843736442009425916.post-50401892693736901962019-03-05T04:04:00.194+01:002019-03-05T04:04:00.194+01:00I enjoyed reading through your thoughts on this on...I enjoyed reading through your thoughts on this one. Like you, my first response to the collection was one of being underwhelmed but I think I had probably had too much of a good thing when it came to the train setting. Looking at them individually as you do, I think most of the stories are pretty strong (even if I like those inverted stories a whole lot more than you do).Aidan @ Mysteries Ahoy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00106936772297649003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843736442009425916.post-50850378364280269782019-02-27T19:45:31.926+01:002019-02-27T19:45:31.926+01:00Thanks for the links, Mike.
On the whole, there ...Thanks for the links, Mike. <br /><br />On the whole, there are obviously several other great railway mystery stories that could have been included here, and I do agree that your Crofts suggestion would have been better, but you're also probably right that Edwards might have wanted something a little less well-known.Christian_Henrikssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13013383718388416698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843736442009425916.post-49137045749058041572019-02-27T19:18:56.225+01:002019-02-27T19:18:56.225+01:00A good review, Christian, thorough and thoughtful....A good review, Christian, thorough and thoughtful. Over at ONTOS we've encountered some of these stories:<br /><br />"The Affair of the Corridor Express":<br />https://carrdickson.blogspot.com/2016/06/i-am-afraid-poor-boy-must-be-killed.html<br /><br />A better choice for a Freeman story would have been "The Blue Sequin" (a.k.a. "The Blue Spangle"):<br />http://carrdickson.blogspot.com/2018/12/and-yet-matter-is-quite-simple-even.html<br /><br />"The Eighth Lamp" is problematic, but there seems to be more going on in it of a criminous nature than first meets the eye:<br />https://carrdickson.blogspot.com/2016/05/funny-thing-appened-tonight.html<br /><br />"The Knight's Cross Signal Problem":<br />https://carrdickson.blogspot.com/2018/11/green-was-danger-colour.html<br /><br />"The Mystery of the Slip-Coach":<br />https://carrdickson.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-nice-example-of-locked-room-mystery.html<br /><br />A better choice for a Crofts story would have been "The Mystery of the Sleeping-Car Express", but Martin Edwards might have decided that it's too familiar to readers:<br />https://carrdickson.blogspot.com/2016/06/i-shot-her-first-and-then-as-he-woke.htmlMike Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182471386130948540noreply@blogger.com