The Passing Tramp

The Passing Tramp: Wandering through the mystery genre, book by book.

Sunday, August 14, 2022

Galley Slaves: The Way Some People Die (1951), Ross Macdonald; Plus: The Way Some Crime Writers Decry, or The Feud Between Ray and Ross

›
" I told him it was a prodigal daughter case. " " God, I despise you Archer!  You're  a dirty little sees-all hears-all t...
5 comments:

On the Occasion of Hitch's 123rd birthday: Mending the Reputation of "Torn Curtain" (1966):

›
For two decades film director  Alfred Hitchcock , whose 123rd birthday was on August 13, had such a great run in Hollywood: Rebecca (1940), ...
7 comments:
Monday, August 8, 2022

It Was a Blue Novel You Wrote for Me: The Blue Hammer (1976), by Ross Macdonald

›
"Give Me One More Song to Go." --"Blue Letter" (1975), Fleetwood Mac Three years separate Ross Macdonald's penultim...
4 comments:
Saturday, August 6, 2022

Oh, Ross! Ross Macdonald and His Critics

›
If ever a crime writer has had waves and troughs with critics it's been Ross Macdonald .  Since his death Ross Macdonald has remained st...
9 comments:
Saturday, July 16, 2022

Detecting in the Seventies/Heroes: The Snatch (1971), by Bill Pronzini and Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977), by Marcia Muller

›
When I was a kid I thought I'd save the world Running round and chasing all the criminals.... Well everybody needs a hero But I'm no...
2 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
The Passing Tramp
Author of "Masters of the 'Humdrum' Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961" "Magisterial"--Michael Dirda "Edgar Committee, Mystery Writers of America, take note!"--Allen J. Hubin "This should be a certain Edgar nominee"--Jon L. Breen, Mystery Scene "Clues and Corpses: The Detective Fiction and Mystery Criticism of Todd Downing." "Mysteries Unlocked: Essays in Honor of Douglas G. Greene" (editor and contributor) "The Spectrum of English Murder: The Detective Fiction of Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher and GDH and Margaret Cole" and the Edgar-nominated "Murder in the Closet: Queer Clues in Crime Fiction Before Stonewall" (editor and contributor)
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.