tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post2077175574163063495..comments2024-03-28T23:48:27.173-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: The Three Coffins by John Dickson CarrBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-56846310965751637982017-05-30T22:15:27.776-06:002017-05-30T22:15:27.776-06:00Moira: Thanks for the comment. I think the world i...Moira: Thanks for the comment. I think the world is fortunate Carr was not of a real life criminal mind. He could have masterminded unsolvable crimes.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-83900836279805929052017-05-29T08:14:11.205-06:002017-05-29T08:14:11.205-06:00I love Carr's books, though this one strangely...I love Carr's books, though this one strangely isn't one of my favourites. They are very much not realistic stories, and - as you say - almost impossible for the reader to solve. But they give me great joy.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-27278484672845502182017-05-24T21:36:17.410-06:002017-05-24T21:36:17.410-06:00TracyK: Thanks for the comment. It is my 3rd Carr....TracyK: Thanks for the comment. It is my 3rd Carr. I have another that I bought last month in Florida that I hope to get to this summer.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-8326190902728643392017-05-24T21:35:27.978-06:002017-05-24T21:35:27.978-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I have been chal...Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I have been challenged by the locked-room mystery. On the comeback I have not read any contemporary locked-room mysteries in some time.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-48596268863107475332017-05-22T22:38:22.052-06:002017-05-22T22:38:22.052-06:00I thought I had this book, but I do have several o...I thought I had this book, but I do have several other books by this author. Which I haven't read yet. Is this your first mystery by Carr?TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-58049772078608437062017-05-21T20:51:51.095-06:002017-05-21T20:51:51.095-06:00My father and my uncle, his brother, loved Carr...My father and my uncle, his brother, loved Carr's books, especially his locked-room mysteries.<br /><br />I haven't read any of them yet, but I have liked other locked-room or books like that within a boarding house, ship or apartment building, where the suspects are few.<br /><br />Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo wrote one, which I couldn't figure out. They must have spent days figuring out the logistics of the murder inside a locked room. And they wrote a good story focusing on that murder. <br /><br />I think this type of mystery is coming back. Many are now being written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-9153432506578100352017-05-21T18:12:28.022-06:002017-05-21T18:12:28.022-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. Carr had a wickedl...Margot: Thanks for the comment. Carr had a wickedly clever mind.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-88790014761242602017-05-21T05:25:34.935-06:002017-05-21T05:25:34.935-06:00Carr was a genius at the locked-room sort of myste...Carr was a genius at the locked-room sort of mystery, Bill. And, as your post hints, he was also skilled at creating atmosphere. I think that's part of what makes his work so enduring, to be honest. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com