Post by Salzmank on Dec 13, 2019 23:29:12 GMT
Gah, forgot the classics. Two great short stories:
Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” and G.K. Chesterton’s “The Flying Stars.” It’s the Chesterton story that directly references Dickens, but it’s the Doyle story that feels more Dickensian—as blogger Nick Fuller pointed out, Doyle was definitely reading A Christmas Carol. The Doyle isn’t much of a mystery, while the Chesterton is pure mystery (one of his best deceptions), but they’re both first-class stories.
One I’m not sure if I should recommend or not is Paul Halter’s The Lord of Misrule. The writing’s not good, though it’s better than most of Halter’s typical abysmal prose, but it has one of the simplest, most ingenious, most Chestertonian impossible crime solutions not written by Chesterton or Carr.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” and G.K. Chesterton’s “The Flying Stars.” It’s the Chesterton story that directly references Dickens, but it’s the Doyle story that feels more Dickensian—as blogger Nick Fuller pointed out, Doyle was definitely reading A Christmas Carol. The Doyle isn’t much of a mystery, while the Chesterton is pure mystery (one of his best deceptions), but they’re both first-class stories.
One I’m not sure if I should recommend or not is Paul Halter’s The Lord of Misrule. The writing’s not good, though it’s better than most of Halter’s typical abysmal prose, but it has one of the simplest, most ingenious, most Chestertonian impossible crime solutions not written by Chesterton or Carr.