Soviet space program omitted reports of failure or trouble". Out of fear of admitting any defeat, reports of cosmonauts' missions leaned towards an exaggerated positive spin rather than factual substance. "The USSR was famously described by Winston Churchill as 'a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma' and nothing signified this more than the search for the truth behind its space program during the Cold War. Although the Space Race was literally played out above our heads, it was often obscured by a figurative 'space curtain' that took much effort to see through" says Dominic Phelan in the book "Cold War Space
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Companion to Crime Fiction" (2010) called "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" "The most spectacular reimagining of the sensation novel, and a crucial point in the genre's transformation into detective fiction". "A History of the Book in Australia 1891–1945" (2001) described the book as "a lively and engaging crime novel which used its Melbourne setting to considerable effect." Geoffrey Blainey wrote in "A History of Victoria": "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" "did more than any book to give the outside world a picture of Melbourne of the late 1880s". David Stuart Davies featured the work in his book "Vintage