tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post216876442525228734..comments2024-03-24T06:32:13.194+13:00Comments on Crime Watch: The 20 best crime novels of all time!!!!!!!!!!Kiwicraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-79566374692354179412014-05-15T10:49:29.780+12:002014-05-15T10:49:29.780+12:00Yeah, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher seemed to me to...Yeah, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher seemed to me to be a hometown (British) fave that was maybe thrown in there to get newer readers chatting, especially as it had been adapted for TV... I'd certainly never heard it bandied about on 'greatest crime novel' lists... ditto the Waters book, and a couple of others. It's great when lists veer from standard, and throw in things that should be more widely known, but don't think that was the case here... Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-65815231723235181452014-05-14T09:09:09.028+12:002014-05-14T09:09:09.028+12:00It seems like an okay list to be getting on with, ...It seems like an okay list to be getting on with, but a bit conventional. The one that stood out to me on it, though I haven't read it, is The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher. I know it because I used to work in a bookstore, but it is pretty recent (2008) and not anything I had heard the kind of praise for that would seem to warrant this. But maybe it had more of a following in England. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-29358252556312183692014-05-14T05:18:10.996+12:002014-05-14T05:18:10.996+12:00I agree with you--this is more about generating re...I agree with you--this is more about generating responses and hits and less about any serious attempt to really create a list of the 20 all time greats.<br /><br />As for missing authors--P. D. James along with the ones you bring up and many others.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com