tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post5493515701585246687..comments2024-02-01T09:41:09.487+01:00Comments on Death Can Read: Vindry's novels translated in englishPietro De Palmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051060020493340331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post-2167556833593400592016-09-27T07:46:01.559+02:002016-09-27T07:46:01.559+02:00Another great french writer of Locked rooms of ...Another great french writer of Locked rooms of '30 was Pierre Boileau. I'm reading a beautiful novel by Boileau, with a locked room in the bath. Crazy situation: a bathroom between two rooms, one door was locked inside by a bolt, the other guarded by Brunel, and the third, a window, impractical because there was the Count firing just anyone dared look out from it. The man inside, opens the bath tap and ... disappears.<br />I want to see how the whole thing will be explainedPietro De Palmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051060020493340331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post-10032982090888054022016-09-26T19:33:25.119+02:002016-09-26T19:33:25.119+02:00John, I don't say You aren't right. I say ...John, I don't say You aren't right. I say only one thing: few writers have invented something original. You see for example the first murder of Whistle Up The Devil by Derek Smith: also that is based on an idea by Carr ( The Peacock Feather Murders ). I have read another novel by Vindry, Le Piège aux diamants, I have already construed in this blog: I can tell you that is a wonderful novel, that presents an extraordinary invention, which then will be in Christie. Just that everyone knows "Evil Under the Sun" and very few "Le Piège aux diamants".Pietro De Palmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051060020493340331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post-39263727515204003462016-09-26T17:21:56.773+02:002016-09-26T17:21:56.773+02:00I'm giving him a second shot with THE HOWLING ...I'm giving him a second shot with THE HOWLING BEAST. Sounds very much like something Carr would write. Vindry's reputation must be based on something ingenious or at least original. It certainly wasn't THE HOUSE THAT KILLS, which is very derivative of Zangwill and Leroux. I hated that one.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9100001220947256423.post-87950569001674896942016-09-25T18:24:06.646+02:002016-09-25T18:24:06.646+02:00Thanks for sharing this. You have me intrigued and...Thanks for sharing this. You have me intrigued and keen to read these books.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.com