tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post3762479458312652830..comments2024-03-27T11:26:20.466-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Puzzle for Fugitives: Run to Death (1948), by Patrick QuentinThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-89953045490167305422021-01-23T12:09:28.511-08:002021-01-23T12:09:28.511-08:00Not sure of your email address, but if you want to...Not sure of your email address, but if you want to email me at christophergreaves108@gmail.com I'll send you the cover pic with pleasure.Christopher Greaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920334128279638785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-28894655372308784872021-01-14T12:34:40.016-08:002021-01-14T12:34:40.016-08:00No, I don't think you can post pics here that ...No, I don't think you can post pics here that way. You could email it to me and I could post it.<br /><br />Well, The Follower feels rather like Run to Death without the Duluths doesn't it? It gives it more of a noir feel, I think, since none of the non-series characters have the charmed lives of the Duluths. Of course Hugh brought both the Duluths back in Black Widow, but this was to put Peter through his worst trial yet. After that I imagine he didn't feel like there was much more he could do with those characters in the sort of books he wanted to write. He comes up with Jake Duluth in My Son, the Murderer, but he couldn't keep wringing the withers of Duluth family relations! Mashing Peter up with Lt. Trant was a cute idea though. It was a great setup for the full Hugh style of sophisticated high life crime fiction.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-82604398579859899442021-01-14T11:38:54.655-08:002021-01-14T11:38:54.655-08:00I like 'Run to Death' very much too, but c...I like 'Run to Death' very much too, but can't help feeling it would have worked better with a one-off protagonist, like in 'The Follower'. Since Peter is married, we know from the start that his relationships with Deborah and then the fascinating Vera are not going to go anywhere. It would have made a wonderful Hitchcock film, for sure. <br /><br />H'm, I was trying a post a 'Mystery Book' cover of this novel - a 'Thrilling Publication' - but can't seem to do it in this comment box.Christopher Greaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920334128279638785noreply@blogger.com