tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post890624573633697425..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Forgotten Books: THE STRANGE STORY OF LINDA LEE, Dennis WheatleyKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-70238456980098771502012-06-23T11:47:11.109+09:302012-06-23T11:47:11.109+09:30I read this book as a teenager and still have the ...I read this book as a teenager and still have the copy of the book which originally belonged to my father or mother. It was the first book i read by Dennis Wheatley and have read many of his novels since however Linda Lee will always be my favourite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-85657615684031903862010-11-05T10:20:01.871+10:302010-11-05T10:20:01.871+10:30Warren Flanagan:
I read just about all of his bo...Warren Flanagan: <br /><br />I read just about all of his books in the 1970's and 1980's and I was so enamoured with them that I've been re reading them over and over ever since, when I go up to bed shortly I will pick up my copy of "They found Atlantis" for the goodness knows how manieth time and continue ;-)<br />I feel sorry for anyone who hasn't read his books and I also feel jealous of them if they are about to start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-68889860974939835422010-01-23T08:36:16.493+10:302010-01-23T08:36:16.493+10:30Wheatley's most interesting contribution to cr...Wheatley's most interesting contribution to crime fiction, I think, was the four 'crime dossiers' he produced just before the Second World War. The first, Murder off Miami, is probably the best.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-12240884437746459462010-01-23T07:34:03.262+10:302010-01-23T07:34:03.262+10:30Sadly, my hand is not up. Sounds like it should be...Sadly, my hand is not up. Sounds like it should be.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-77137095540761153342010-01-22T16:58:13.821+10:302010-01-22T16:58:13.821+10:30I presume they were sort of crime fiction?I presume they were sort of crime fiction?Kerrie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00566566401678723079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-82385616619534553862010-01-22T09:35:05.621+10:302010-01-22T09:35:05.621+10:30I am another one who read Wheatley in their Teens ...I am another one who read Wheatley in their Teens in the 70's, in fact the other day I came across my old copy of "To the Devil a Daughter" and thought about giving it another read, I think I just might now.Heartbeatozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14673008405151953089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-71705274634943144872010-01-22T06:51:26.342+10:302010-01-22T06:51:26.342+10:30Margaret I think I read quite a few. Nice provocat...Margaret I think I read quite a few. Nice provocative cover this one isn't it? Must have been very avant garde for its day. We probably thought we were being very daring reading it too.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-77520364669729128502010-01-22T06:49:55.685+10:302010-01-22T06:49:55.685+10:30So many of these authors were very prolific writer...So many of these authors were very prolific writers Margot - and amazingly they must have had huge publishing contracts.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-74046634327820645862010-01-21T23:08:30.149+10:302010-01-21T23:08:30.149+10:30My hand is going up - at least I did read his book...My hand is going up - at least I did read his books back in the 1970s. Needless to say I can't remember if I read this one or not. I did enjoy his books though.BooksPleasehttp://www.booksplease.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-67518639974134419932010-01-21T23:06:34.697+10:302010-01-21T23:06:34.697+10:30Kerrie - I haven't read Wheatley, although I&#...Kerrie - I haven't read Wheatley, although I've heard of him. Still, I admit, this title doesn't jog my memory..hm....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com