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{{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}} | {{Image|Michael Gilbert Portrait - smaller.jpg|left|100px|Michael Gilbert on the back cover of [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], 1982}} | ||
'''They Never Looked Inside''' is the second novel by the British mystery writer [[Michael Gilbert]]. | '''They Never Looked Inside''' is the second novel by the British mystery writer [[Michael Gilbert]]. It was published in England by [[Hodder and Stoughton]] in 1948 and in the United States by [[Harper & Brothers]] in 1949 as ''He Didn't Mind Danger''. It was Gilbert's first publication in the States. It is also the second novel to feature Gilbert's early main character, [[Inspector Hazlerigg]]. The events take place mostly in post-[[World War II]] London, in either 1945 and '46 or 1946 and '47—it is difficult to put an exact date on them. They are told by an omniscient third-person narrator but most of the scenes involve either Inspector Hazlerigg and the workings of the Metropolitan police department or the activities of a recently musted-out Army vetern, Major Angus McMann. A few years later [[Anthony Boucher]], the mystery critic of the [[New York Times]] called it "a [[Manning Coles]] novel of blithe adventure"<ref>''Criminals at Large'', 6 January 1962, ''The New York Times'' at [http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/01/06/93555599.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=ArticleEndCTA®ion=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=121]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:07, 13 September 2016
They Never Looked Inside is the second novel by the British mystery writer Michael Gilbert. It was published in England by Hodder and Stoughton in 1948 and in the United States by Harper & Brothers in 1949 as He Didn't Mind Danger. It was Gilbert's first publication in the States. It is also the second novel to feature Gilbert's early main character, Inspector Hazlerigg. The events take place mostly in post-World War II London, in either 1945 and '46 or 1946 and '47—it is difficult to put an exact date on them. They are told by an omniscient third-person narrator but most of the scenes involve either Inspector Hazlerigg and the workings of the Metropolitan police department or the activities of a recently musted-out Army vetern, Major Angus McMann. A few years later Anthony Boucher, the mystery critic of the New York Times called it "a Manning Coles novel of blithe adventure"[1]