tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post7674057294838124780..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Forgotten (or Overlooked) Books Friday: THE FRENCH POWDER MYSTERY (1930) by Ellery QueenYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-1145071061147301832013-04-17T09:48:08.299-04:002013-04-17T09:48:08.299-04:00I got a couple of mass market Ellery Queen paperba...I got a couple of mass market Ellery Queen paperbacks easily enough, John. Then my library had a few. Currently reading THE CHINESE ORANGE MYSTERY which is turning into a fave for me.<br /><br />THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVES IN A SHOE is still being read by me as well. How do I do this sort of thing? Don't know. Ha.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-28229009857968814912013-04-15T13:18:38.530-04:002013-04-15T13:18:38.530-04:00I read THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE last year...I read THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE last year for the first time. It has now become my second favorite of Queen's books. So utterly insane! If you'e never read Harry Stephen Keeler, then reading ...OLD WOMAN... is surely the next best thing.<br /><br />I finally found a copy of FRENCH POWDER two years ago (for some reason one of the most difficult early Queen titles to find), and keep meaning to get to it. I'll have to pull it from the TBR box and put it on the night stand. That's the only way I'll see it!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-20159405102411977222013-04-09T14:49:17.077-04:002013-04-09T14:49:17.077-04:00I enjoyed it, Sergio. But the last two words were ...I enjoyed it, Sergio. But the last two words were about the rain, not the killer. <br /><br />Maybe you mixed it up with another ending? Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-63352829545799109972013-04-09T07:10:50.244-04:002013-04-09T07:10:50.244-04:00I remember liking this book as a lad and being rea...I remember liking this book as a lad and being really impressed by the construction of the finale so that the final two words of the book are the name of the murderer (a warnign tot hose who peek at the last page if ever there was one) - and SIAMESE is just one of my favourites in all the Ellery Queen canon - look forward to reading your review of that one too Yvette - ta!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-10793790186034755652013-04-08T16:03:45.829-04:002013-04-08T16:03:45.829-04:00Sorry for the disappearing act, Les. I don't k...Sorry for the disappearing act, Les. I don't know what could have happened. <br /><br />Yes, I think I'll like the early ones best, too, Les. I'm not big on psychology. Ha!<br /><br />I'm enjoying THE SIAMESE TWIN MYSTERY and I took a look into THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE and was laughing out loud. Very fun beginning.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-73511349411227730232013-04-08T15:21:40.062-04:002013-04-08T15:21:40.062-04:00I thought I had commented here earlier, Yvette, bu...I thought I had commented here earlier, Yvette, but it has disappeared...however...<br /><br />My favorite EQ books are the early ones, where the authors were concentrating more on the puzzles than on the psychology. I haven't read "The French Powder Mystery" in a while, but it certainly falls into that early group of puzzles. I think you're really going to enjoy "The Siamese Twin Mystery," which is not only a good mystery in itself but also a wonderful thriller, with an uncontrolled forest fire threatening considerable mayhem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-68832491412741272632013-04-08T14:18:51.511-04:002013-04-08T14:18:51.511-04:00I only vaguely remember the television show for so...I only vaguely remember the television show for some reason. I do know I watched it way back when. I liked David Wayne (was that the name?) as Richard Queen too. <br /><br />You must dig out those old books, Joan. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-30865491915113073872013-04-08T14:17:35.876-04:002013-04-08T14:17:35.876-04:00I think it's my age and how many mysteries I&#...I think it's my age and how many mysteries I've read over a lifetime, Debbie. I recognize certain things. But not always. <br /><br />You can be in love with Ellery. I'm in love with Nero Wolfe. <br /><br />Go figure.:)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-55071792868619980652013-04-07T08:11:12.474-04:002013-04-07T08:11:12.474-04:00You must have seen those three-in-one mystery book...You must have seen those three-in-one mystery books from one of the mystery book clubs back in the 1970s? I had a bunch of them and they often had an Ellery Queen mystery in them. I still haven't unpacked my mystery books from our move six years ago (!), but I'm thinking I kept some of those to read. I also have the complete Ellery Queen tv series DVDs with Jim Hutton. Love those, too, especially for their period interiors.joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-50155434385590868262013-04-06T17:48:08.715-04:002013-04-06T17:48:08.715-04:00You guessed the murderer? Ellery Queens usually st...You <i>guessed</i> the murderer? Ellery Queens usually stump me.<br /><br />I read this one nearly ten years ago and so don't remember much, except to think that I thought it a fairly good one in the Queen pack, all of which I consider more or less brilliant (but I think I'm secretly(?) in love with Ellery) ;-)Debbie Rodgers @Exurbanishttp://www.exurbanis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-45903799035572510962013-04-05T21:40:03.060-04:002013-04-05T21:40:03.060-04:00If you can't find it I'll send you my copy...If you can't find it I'll send you my copy, Bev. Just email me. I got a mass market paperback from amazon. Not the one with the gorgeous cover.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-69945021314853448942013-04-05T21:03:37.977-04:002013-04-05T21:03:37.977-04:00I am on the hunt for this book...in fact, THE copy...I am on the hunt for this book...in fact, THE copy of the book that you have pictured. I love those pocket size editions. I like Ellery Queen...but in small doses. I can't take as much of him at a time as I can Nero Wolfe.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.com