What are we reading? 9/10/2023

[giveusaclue]

scarletnoir wrote: "Diana wrote: "


I usually enjoy mysteries in specific (and perhaps recognizable) locations .."

So do I... but as I'm Welsh, does anyone know if this is set..."

Sorry but it is in an imaginary name. You will have to pretend it is a real one.

[Robert]

AB76 wrote: "Out of the Deep: And Other Supernatural Tales has started so well, the perfect balance, tone, depth and setting for..."

Have you tried Sheridan Le Fanu? He wrote gothic mystery novels, where the uncanny lies close at hand (Uncle Silas, Wylder's Hand) and shorter pieces that were straight supernatural. "Green Tea," "Mr. Justice Harbottle," "Carmilla," "The Haunted Baronet.")

[Gpfr]

I'll be closing the thread this afternoon.

[AB76]

Robert wrote: "AB76 wrote: "Out of the Deep: And Other Supernatural Tales has started so well, the perfect balance, tone, depth an..."

i was less impressed with Le Fanu, i thought Stoker was superb with Dracula. I anticipated so much more when reading Le Fanu's stories but it was a good 18 years ago, maybe i should return to them

Mention should go to the german romantic novelists for their superb tales of the uncanny, especially ETA Hoffman, from 100 years before the Edwardian greats

[Gpfr]

giveusaclue wrote: "scarletnoir wrote: A Body on the Beach
... as I'm Welsh, does anyone know if this is set in an actual town ..."

Sorry but it is in an imaginary name..."

I wondered if the writer was Welsh — as far as I can see, he isn't but lives in Wales.