tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101045375944508227.post6151176040331561717..comments2023-11-03T14:53:35.102+00:00Comments on Roger Wood's Biblioblog: Wilkie Collins - Peter Ackroydrogerwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11668291380248000063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101045375944508227.post-7538292707103938662013-05-15T14:58:19.587+01:002013-05-15T14:58:19.587+01:00Thanks for your comment, Maria. I remember the fi...Thanks for your comment, Maria. I remember the first time I read Woman in White - blew me away. After much hassle I have just managed to track down a copy of Collins's short story The Diary of Anne Rodway, reputedly the first female detective story ever. By the way, I disliked the Ackroyd book so much that I felt compelled to buy another copy of King of Inventors, which I disliked mightily back in the Nineties, just to reassure me that there is substance out there.rogerwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668291380248000063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101045375944508227.post-89696373726202709822013-05-15T13:23:39.703+01:002013-05-15T13:23:39.703+01:00Wilkie Collins is the best detective writer, who a...<a href="http://www.books.so/authors/wilkie-collins" rel="nofollow">Wilkie Collins</a> is the best detective writer, who as for me is far ahead of his time. He undermines Edgar Poe or Arhur Conan Doyle, etc. Anyway, thanks for sharing!Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03100355255727495795noreply@blogger.com