Christianna Brand (1907–1988)
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Erotteluhuomautus:
(eng) Christianna Brand (born Mary Christianna Milne) also wrote under the pseudonyms Mary Ann Ashe, Annabel Jones, Mary Roland, and China Thomson.
Image credit: Cut down scan from the back cover of Penguin No.779 (unattributed image)
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The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill's Casebook (2002) 26 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
The Scapegoat 2 kappaletta
The Wicked Ghost [short fiction] 1 kappale
Nanny Matilda fährt ans Meer 1 kappale
Murder Game 1 kappale
The Kite 1 kappale
The Sins of the Fathers [short fiction] 1 kappale
Clever and Quick 1 kappale
The Man on the Roof 1 kappale
Danger Unlimited 1 kappale
Associated Works
A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women (2000) — Avustaja — 268 kappaletta, 6 arvostelua
The International Association of Crime Writers Presents Bad Behavior (1995) — Avustaja — 90 kappaletta
Bodies from the Library 2: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense by the Queens of Crime and other Masters of Golden… (2019) — Avustaja — 68 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Murder at Teatime: Mysteries in the Classic Cozy Tradition (1996) — Avustaja — 49 kappaletta, 2 arvostelua
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Avustaja — 48 kappaletta
Ellery Queen's headliners; 20 stories from Ellery Queen's mystery magazine. (1971) — Avustaja — 15 kappaletta
Appendici in giallo 1 (racconti) — Avustaja — 1 kappale
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Lewis, Mary Christianna Milne
- Muut nimet
- Brant, Mary
Brant, Christianna
Roland, Mary
Thomson, China
Jones, Annabel
Ashe, Mary Ann - Syntymäaika
- 1907-12-17
- Kuolinaika
- 1988-03-11
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Malaya
- Asuinpaikat
- Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia ∙ birth)
India
London, England, UK - Ammatit
- crime writer
children's book author
governess
shop assistant
model
dancer - Organisaatiot
- Crime Writers' Association ( [1972])
Detection Club - Agentti
- Sarah Molloy (A.M. Heath & Company Ltd)
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Christianna Brand, who published her first novel in 1941, was one of the great practitioners of the classic English detective novel. She was born to British parents in Malaysia, spent her childhood in India, and then was sent to England for education. Her third book, Green for Danger (1944), was adapted into a classic film starring Alistair Sim as her Inspector Cockrill. Two of her short stories won Edgar Award nominations and have been included in several anthologies. She and her husband Roland Lewis, an ear-nose-and-throat surgeon, were married for nearly 50 years. She also wrote books for children, including the Nurse Matilda series, which was adapted for the screen as Nanny McPhee (2005).
- Erotteluhuomautus
- Christianna Brand (born Mary Christianna Milne) also wrote under the pseudonyms Mary Ann Ashe, Annabel Jones, Mary Roland, and China Thomson.
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As a fan of Agatha Christie's mysteries, I wanted to explore some other writers from the Golden Age of mystery. I was disappointed at a couple of early Ngaio Marsh novels, but I really enjoyed this one by Christianna Brand.
The writing is excellent, and Brand is really good at depicting vivid characters. The emphasis is not so much on Inspector Cockrill and his investigation, but on the psychology of the people involved and on how they perceive the situation.
The last part of the novel is like a roller coaster, where several characters in quick succession seem to be the murderer. The true solution is a bit convoluted and unlikely, but that's something that often happens in these "cosy" mysteries.
Very enjoyable.… (lisätietoja)
The writing is excellent, and Brand is really good at depicting vivid characters. The emphasis is not so much on Inspector Cockrill and his investigation, but on the psychology of the people involved and on how they perceive the situation.
The last part of the novel is like a roller coaster, where several characters in quick succession seem to be the murderer. The true solution is a bit convoluted and unlikely, but that's something that often happens in these "cosy" mysteries.
Very enjoyable.… (lisätietoja)
Interwar hospital puzzle - good characterization and just plain fun
This classic locked-room mystery takes place just after WW II. During a pageant involving people dressed as knights riding horses saluting a lady in a tower, the lady falls to her death which hundreds of people are watching. There are only a handful of suspects and they are all named in the beginning of the story. This who-dunnit is therefore mostly a how did he do it. What makes the story entertaining is how the detectives form a conclusion that is immediately discarded as a result of a few small facts. Also, suspicion keeps moving from character to character.… (lisätietoja)
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1943, Kent. The air raids carried out by the Nazi monsters are in full swing, yet in Heron’s Park military hospital, Death is lurking in every corner, acquiring various facades, vehemently fought by the doctors and nurses who have dedicated their lives to their profession and the Cause. But who would have thought that a postman would die on the operating table while in a low - risk surgery? One death follows another and the seven suspects seem to have little motive to commit such acts. Yet, one person among them is undoubtedly a murderer.
Or are they?
Needless to say, I must reveal nothing that could be considered a ‘spoiler’. What I can say is that Christianna Brand’s novel isn’t just a marvellous mystery but a poignant and moving literary creation as a whole. Brand’s observations in her Author’s Note concerning the readers’ assumptions (and stupidity…) are brilliant. The atmosphere is tense, the tentacles of the war seem to be everywhere, the cost the civilians had to pay because of one man’s madness is tangible and unbearable. The dialogue, the characterisation, the claustrophobic setting, the deathly threats, the personal demons that each character has to face create a work that will have you on the edge of your seats. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter who the murderer is. The war remains the one and only perpetrator.
One of the finest mysteries in the British Library Crime Classics family.
‘’The apples were young and green upon the boughs and all the air was sweet with the scent of a dying summer day. They walked in silence through the country lane, and in the rich fields, the rabbits sat up to watch them, rubbing black noses on little, furry paws. The last soft rays of the sun gleamed on the whitened stems of the trees, and foxglove and ragged robin caught at them as they passed, as though to hold them for a moment longer in the mafic of a Kentish twilight.’’
My reviews can also be found on https://theopinionatedreaderblog.wordpress.com/… (lisätietoja)