tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6046859418347063500.post155687076907802038..comments2023-07-11T08:06:01.796-07:00Comments on A Perfect Locked Room: Please Lock The Door On Your Way OutThe Dark Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453733187338447742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6046859418347063500.post-71105838548242039212015-12-07T21:54:37.068-08:002015-12-07T21:54:37.068-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01346022647526880469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6046859418347063500.post-50800437607824521582014-08-27T14:08:28.365-07:002014-08-27T14:08:28.365-07:00I do need to read more Pronzini. There's just ...I do need to read more Pronzini. There's just so much though... also, do you think I'm accurate when it comes to cluing with him? My main exposure has been the Carpenter and Quincannon short stories, and they didn't seem overly fair to me...<br /><br />I wouldn't know about the blog thing, I only follow what others recommend. (Though as long as we don't get together in some cut-off location, I think that we'll be fine. If we do... dibs on being the detective, murderer, or survivor.)The Dark Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453733187338447742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6046859418347063500.post-85069896846261642842014-08-26T08:33:30.052-07:002014-08-26T08:33:30.052-07:00Douglas Greene brought a fine collection of locked...Douglas Greene brought a fine collection of locked room mysteries together with an eye for history, while avoiding some of the usual suspects (e.g. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue Press" and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"). They might be cornerstone stories, but they have been reprinted far too often. <br /><br />I think "The Room With Something Wrong" is still my favorite and "Elswhen" was more fun (and acceptable) than it should've been for the last story. It's somewhat similar to a story from <i>Asimov's Mysteries</i>, entitled "Obituary," which plays around with the same idea. <br /><br />The Pronzini story was later used as part of the superb <i>Scattershot</i>, following the Nameless Detective on the worst week in his life and two impossible crimes, but you'll have to read <i>Hoodwink</i> first. It more or less sets <i>Scattershot</i> up, but don't despair, there are two locked room mysteries to be solved in that one. <br /><br />By the way, is it just me or are there a lot of locked room orientated blogs around lately? This is going to end like Lovesey's <i>Bloodhounds</i>, isn't it? TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.com