tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849561.post1054135363116616431..comments2024-03-24T12:54:09.148-05:00Comments on Kevin's Corner: FFB Review: "The John Riddell Murder Case" by John Riddell (Reviewed by Patrick Ohl)Kevin R. Tipplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849561.post-37752686930360492392012-11-17T19:54:43.279-06:002012-11-17T19:54:43.279-06:00Funny, Barry.Funny, Barry.Kevin R. Tipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849561.post-48464017585952859242012-11-17T07:47:19.804-06:002012-11-17T07:47:19.804-06:00This sounds like it's a lot of fun, but not so...This sounds like it's a lot of fun, but not something I'm going to pop $75 or more to read. <br /><br />I was aware that some mysteries of yesteryear (and I believe this is the first time I've ever used the term "yesteryear") had sealed revelatory pages. In fact, the only thing I've read so far by Harry Stephen Keeler allegedly had them. (I say "allegedly" because by the time I bought it they'd been unsealed.) In any case, they reminded me of a very funny but almost indescribable book called <i>My Brother Was An Only Child</i> by Jack Douglas, who for years wrote for The Tonight Show. The hardback edition I read contained a couple of sealed pages that appeared to have been inadvertently overlooked by the publisher, so I slit them open. In the middle of the right-hand page was one word: "nosey."Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305184548497082776noreply@blogger.com