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Oliver Keene #4
Bullets for Breakfast
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First published January 1, 1940
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J.M. Walsh
69 books3 followersJames Morgan Walsh also wrote as H. Haverstock Hill, Stephen Maddock, George M. White and Jack Carew.
Walsh was born in Geelong and educated in Melbourne and is best known as an extremely prolific writer of crime mysteries, mostly set in England. His first novel, Tap-Tap Island (1921), was first serialised in the Melbourne Leader, his second, The Lost Valley(1921), was a prize-winner in the C.J. De Garis competition; his third was Overdue (1925). After experience in auctioneering and book-selling, Walsh visited England in 1925 to negotiate with publishers, returned to Victoria but left for permanent residence in England in 1929. Pseudonyms he used include 'John Carew', 'George M. White' and 'H. Haverstock Hill'; he also wrote in collaboration with E.J. Blythe and Audry Baldwin. His first three novels, which are adventure romances, are set in New Guinea and western Victoria and he also wrote two Australian detective stories, The Man behind the Curtain (1927) and The League of Missing Men (1927). The five adventure stories that he wrote under the pseudonym 'H. Haverstock Hill', Anne of Flying Gap(1926), Spoil of the Desert (1927), The Golden Isle (1928), Golden Harvest (1929) and The Secret of the Crater (1930), range between New Guinea, the Northern Territory, Gippsland, WA and the South Seas.
Walsh was born in Geelong and educated in Melbourne and is best known as an extremely prolific writer of crime mysteries, mostly set in England. His first novel, Tap-Tap Island (1921), was first serialised in the Melbourne Leader, his second, The Lost Valley(1921), was a prize-winner in the C.J. De Garis competition; his third was Overdue (1925). After experience in auctioneering and book-selling, Walsh visited England in 1925 to negotiate with publishers, returned to Victoria but left for permanent residence in England in 1929. Pseudonyms he used include 'John Carew', 'George M. White' and 'H. Haverstock Hill'; he also wrote in collaboration with E.J. Blythe and Audry Baldwin. His first three novels, which are adventure romances, are set in New Guinea and western Victoria and he also wrote two Australian detective stories, The Man behind the Curtain (1927) and The League of Missing Men (1927). The five adventure stories that he wrote under the pseudonym 'H. Haverstock Hill', Anne of Flying Gap(1926), Spoil of the Desert (1927), The Golden Isle (1928), Golden Harvest (1929) and The Secret of the Crater (1930), range between New Guinea, the Northern Territory, Gippsland, WA and the South Seas.
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December 2, 2019
A plot so full of holes you could strain your tea through it and I've seen cling film that's thicker and more opaque than this plot. Terribly written in a shockingly verbose way, saying in 20 words what could be said in five and clichés all over the place.
But....
I kind of really enjoyed it. Basic premise is two secret service agents try to solve the murder of their informant in Palestine in (I guess) 1950s-ish. They get captured, they escape, they get captured, they escape again. They dress up as locals. They solve the murder. That's basically it. But it moves along at a decent clip and I did find I couldn't put it down.
This is definitely one of those 'so bad it's good' books. Perfect for a beach or a long trip. Takes no effort to follow the plot and as long as you can get your head around terrifyingly cumbersome sentences, then you might enjoy it too.
But....
I kind of really enjoyed it. Basic premise is two secret service agents try to solve the murder of their informant in Palestine in (I guess) 1950s-ish. They get captured, they escape, they get captured, they escape again. They dress up as locals. They solve the murder. That's basically it. But it moves along at a decent clip and I did find I couldn't put it down.
This is definitely one of those 'so bad it's good' books. Perfect for a beach or a long trip. Takes no effort to follow the plot and as long as you can get your head around terrifyingly cumbersome sentences, then you might enjoy it too.
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