tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post9169311939052061389..comments2024-03-24T06:32:13.194+13:00Comments on Crime Watch: NZBM Review: DIED IN THE WOOL by Ngaio MarshKiwicraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-68498744450300535082011-03-30T09:35:10.901+13:002011-03-30T09:35:10.901+13:00This remains one of my favorite Ngaio Marsh books....This remains one of my favorite Ngaio Marsh books. I especially love the title. <br /><br />Great review.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-84852304281461557092011-03-26T12:31:00.943+13:002011-03-26T12:31:00.943+13:00This was a good read. I could just imagine the sme...This was a <a href="http://paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com/2011/02/forgotten-book-died-in-wool-ngaio-marsh.html" rel="nofollow">good read</a>. I could just imagine the smell in the warehouse! I too found it interesting to see how she depicted New Zealand in the war - that "third column" concerns were uppermost there too.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-90141874842908240142011-03-25T17:31:03.715+13:002011-03-25T17:31:03.715+13:00Great review Craig, I read it many years ago but y...Great review Craig, I read it many years ago but your review wants me to read it again. Many thanks.<br />Bookman BeattieBeattie's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-16284210508855776522011-03-25T13:05:40.688+13:002011-03-25T13:05:40.688+13:00I enjoyed reading a Ngaio Marsh (can't remembe...I enjoyed reading a Ngaio Marsh (can't remember which one) just after I finished the biography by Joanne Drayton. <br />Yes, it's interesting to read something that is very much of its time. It can offer insights today that the author may not even have had herself. This can cross genres: I'm having a similar experience right now with an NZ non-fiction classic, Shirley Maddock's Islands of the Gulf, published 1966.Claire Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549609289169890919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-34319429692330997382011-03-25T12:18:12.346+13:002011-03-25T12:18:12.346+13:00Craig - Fine review of a good read. I liked this o...Craig - Fine review of a good read. I liked this one very much, too, and I think you've hit quite well on its strong points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com