Review: Crime Nest - Edwin Truett Long (Detective Dime Novels, April 1940)
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I’d read a number of pulp stories over the years by Edwin Truett Long,
writing under various pseudonyms and house-names, and I always enjoyed
them. But ...
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Is it? Or is it part of some brilliant, yet devious plot to make us think that she's not writing a detective novel?
The plot thickens like... like... something that does a lot of thickening!
That Rankin is a savvy media manipulator, is he not? Of course, his legion of defenders will find this one more excuse to bash the media.
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"There were 600 people in the audience, and only one person didn't laugh," he added.
Looks like Rankin has already started the media bashing himself.
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"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
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I was at the event. It was a joke, Peter. Clearly. Rankin was laughing about it, the chair was laughing, the audience were laughing. How anyone could honestly think it wasn't a joke is beyond my comprehension. Rankin followed up his comment by saying the title of his next novel was "Inspector Rebus And The Deathly Hallows" and stating that there was no copyright on titles. I'm surprised that wasn't picked up on either.
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