tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post3758734101233986254..comments2024-03-28T05:34:42.670-05:00Comments on MAKE MINE MYSTERY: The History of the MysteryMorgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-54567317190501074112009-05-02T05:15:00.000-05:002009-05-02T05:15:00.000-05:00You would have to include Mystery of a Hansom Cab ...You would have to include Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume. Published in Melbourne in 1885 it predates Sherlock Holmes, was an international success and continued as the biggest selling detective mystery novel until Agatha Christie. It has never been out of print.<br />Cheers,<br /> BrianBrian Kavanaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551894803355774840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-13125664585015986782009-04-28T15:21:00.000-05:002009-04-28T15:21:00.000-05:00I think any list of influential mysteries has to i...I think any list of influential mysteries has to include Agatha Christie's, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, which introduced Hercule Poirot and included an amazing twist at the end.<br /><br />Another essential is James M. Cain's, The Postman Always Rings Twice with it's theme of inescapable fate and it's lower class protagonist.<br /><br />The there's Cornell Woolrich's The Bride Wore Black, noir novel if ever there was one about revenge.<br /><br /><br />Mark Troy<br />http://hawaiian-eye.blogspot.com<br />http://www.marktroy.netMark Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746027017657987261noreply@blogger.com