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A review by saareman
Dead Dames Don't Sing by John Harvey
3.0
Pulp Provenance Pursuit - Bibliomysteries #32
Review of the Mysterious Press/Open Road eBook (May 2, 2017) of the Mysterious Press hardcover & paperback (August 20, 2016).
Ex-cop / now private investigator Jack Kiley is asked to determine the authenticity of a pulp crime novel manuscript which was supposedly written by a famous poet but shelved before it was published.
This is more about the uncovering of a potential scam than it is a mystery about a "deadly book", which is the theme of the Bibliomysteries series. The pulp atmosphere with the detective, a possible femme fatale, the bohemian life etc. were otherwise well done though.
Trivia and Links
John Harvey (1938-) is a British writer of over 90+ crime and mystery novels, many of them published under pseudonyms. He is primarily known as the author of the Charlie Resnick (1989-2014) series. His most popular book (based on the number of GR ratings and reviews) is the first of that series [b:Lonely Hearts|78480|Lonely Hearts (Charlie Resnick, #1)|John Harvey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1356126444l/78480._SY75_.jpg|973449] (1989).
The Bibliomysteries series are short stories commissioned by Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Press to be written around the theme of deadly books. They are individually published in limited edition signed hardcovers followed by paperbacks and ebooks, and periodically collected in anthology editions such as [b:Bibliomysteries|32191848|Bibliomysteries|Otto Penzler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1478278696l/32191848._SY75_.jpg|56893092] (2013, containing stories 1-15) and [b:Bibliomysteries: Volume Two|36327114|Bibliomysteries Volume Two|Otto Penzler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1507842055l/36327114._SY75_.jpg|58003435] (2018, containing stories 16-30). There does not appear to be a Goodreads Listopia for them, but on Library Thing the current listing (as of early-October 2024) includes 41 short stories Note that there is a double count of #33 and that book #41 isn't numbered yet in that list.
Review of the Mysterious Press/Open Road eBook (May 2, 2017) of the Mysterious Press hardcover & paperback (August 20, 2016).
Ex-cop / now private investigator Jack Kiley is asked to determine the authenticity of a pulp crime novel manuscript which was supposedly written by a famous poet but shelved before it was published.
This is more about the uncovering of a potential scam than it is a mystery about a "deadly book", which is the theme of the Bibliomysteries series. The pulp atmosphere with the detective, a possible femme fatale, the bohemian life etc. were otherwise well done though.
Trivia and Links
John Harvey (1938-) is a British writer of over 90+ crime and mystery novels, many of them published under pseudonyms. He is primarily known as the author of the Charlie Resnick (1989-2014) series. His most popular book (based on the number of GR ratings and reviews) is the first of that series [b:Lonely Hearts|78480|Lonely Hearts (Charlie Resnick, #1)|John Harvey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1356126444l/78480._SY75_.jpg|973449] (1989).
The Bibliomysteries series are short stories commissioned by Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Press to be written around the theme of deadly books. They are individually published in limited edition signed hardcovers followed by paperbacks and ebooks, and periodically collected in anthology editions such as [b:Bibliomysteries|32191848|Bibliomysteries|Otto Penzler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1478278696l/32191848._SY75_.jpg|56893092] (2013, containing stories 1-15) and [b:Bibliomysteries: Volume Two|36327114|Bibliomysteries Volume Two|Otto Penzler|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1507842055l/36327114._SY75_.jpg|58003435] (2018, containing stories 16-30). There does not appear to be a Goodreads Listopia for them, but on Library Thing the current listing (as of early-October 2024) includes 41 short stories Note that there is a double count of #33 and that book #41 isn't numbered yet in that list.