Name the Novel (How's that for alliteration?)

[blurbb]

Well if you're wondering if 'hirsuite' means concerned with hair, wonder no longer, you're quite correct. It was The Red Headed League .

 

[Martin]

Letterhead, is it 'Timeline' by Michael Crighton?

It isn't, right... Thought so...

Cheers, Martin

 

[blurbb]

Ok, Martin, try this one. This isn't the plot of a novel but a rhymme which features in the novel. Find the rhymme and you've got the novel.

Hither and yon, they search. They try Inferno and they try Paradise.

 

[Martin]

Is it 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante Alighieri?

Cheers, Martin

ps: Letterhead, was I right about Timeline (probably not, but curious as ever).

 

[letterHead]

Sorry about the delay. No, it isn't Timeline.
A further clue.
In his journey he finds science no longer works, but magic does.

The story is first of five.

 

[blurbb]

Sorry Timeline, I didn't know you gave out a clue. I think your one is The Magician's Nephew of the Narnia series, by C.S. Lewis. Sorry I stuck my one in as well.

 

[blurbb]

I don't know if this is right or wrong, but in order to sort this thread out, I'll tell you the rhymme which leads to the book I was thinking of:

They seek him here
They seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere,
Is it Heaven or is he in hell,
The damned elusive (Scarlet) Pimpernel!

 

[member 737]

So it must be The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

 

[Beatrycze]

My riddle:

A story about how easily we can be misled by ilusion of superficial beauty and only true love can overcome our vanity.

 

[Martin]

Well, that's easy, but I don't want to spoil the fun for others, so go right ahead!

Cheers, Martin

 

[Beatrycze]

I know that it's obvious, but I wanted to have something easy for the first time. I understand that another clue:

This book affirms that experiencing a little of suffering is not only valuable, but also can be the best gift to somebody.

would be completely unnecessary.

 

[letterHead]

Sorry for not replying earlier, but I've been offshore for a couple of weeks again. The book was in fact The Roaring Trumpet by L Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, the first of the Harold Shea stories.

I am now curious about The Magician's Nephew. I'll keep an eye open for it, I would like to see what it is about.

 

[mr_michel]

lets get this thread going again

a book about the investigation of the murder of a repulsive murderer who has been murdered repulsively