tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post8304296631010956004..comments2024-03-21T22:22:59.425-07:00Comments on Vintage Pop Fictions: Agatha Christie’s Murder in Mesopotamiadfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-66237293354345980442021-01-09T14:52:30.648-08:002021-01-09T14:52:30.648-08:00I've never understood why she is still in prin...<em>I've never understood why she is still in print, while much more brilliant detective story writers like Ellery Queen and John Dickson Carr are not.</em><br /><br />It certainly is strange that Carr and Queen went out of print. In fact it's surprising how many of the great writers of detective fiction went out of print (excellent writers like Christopher Bush and J.J. Connington were totally out of print until recently).dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-52835977002026920162021-01-07T08:12:19.892-08:002021-01-07T08:12:19.892-08:00Good as Christie could be -- she had me actually l...Good as Christie could be -- she had me actually liking the murderer before he is revealed in one novel! -- I've never understood why she is still in print, while much more brilliant detective story writers like Ellery Queen and John Dickson Carr are not.Benzadmiralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762681617545684805noreply@blogger.com