What's everybody reading?
Lauradog
Petrie, aka Clare Curzon, both pseudonyms of Marie Buchanan. It's a
British police procedural, my favorite kind of mystery. I seem to
recall seeing a list of other pseudonyms for this author on the flyleaf
of a book, but failed to write them down. Her mysteries have good
characterizations and plots and I usually never figure out the murderer
until all is revealed.
Sue D.
Janet
I just finished Craig Johnson's _Death Without Company_. Nice combination of
local color, wit, characterization, painterliness, with a bit of varied
romance. Another author whose jacket phot looks just as I imagine the
protagonist!
Willow
legal thriller, as the blurbs say. Not too far into it now but it
seems a good read. I note that he is a law professor and try very
hard not to hold that agaisnt him. He has three more novels if I
enjoy this one to the end....
Willow
A R Pickett
I'm hanging in there!
On audio, listening to LOVING FRANK, by Nancy Horan. About the scandalous
love affair between Frank Lloyd Wright and the wife of a client. The woman
eventually left her husband to live openly with Wright. She died a horrific
death in an arson/murder/suicide a few years into their relationship.
--
A R Pickett aka Woodstock
"It's bad luck to be superstitious"
Paul Phillips, Colorado Rockies catcher
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barbara fister
in the audience of a panel I was moderating and I was handing out
bookmarks (because I didn't want the authors to all prop books up in
front of themselves to hide behind, so I put all the relevant info on
bookmarks instead) and I saw her badge and said "Oh, my Gawd! Reggie
Nadelson!! I loooove your books!" like a total ditzy fangirl. And she
was so startled she gave me her latest book, inscribed and all, and I
bought her a drink after the panel.
I do love her her Artie Cohen series, though, and am almost finished
with Londongrad, the newest. It's very good. Now I have to go back and
read them all in order. Just because. (squeal!)
barfly
Lois
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I'm about 2/3 through "The Price of Love and Other Stories" by Peter
Robinson. It it good but I would have preferred all of the short stories
to be about Alan Banks.
Lois
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Dorothy J Heydt
I just finished re-reading the Brother Cadfaels through _An
Excellent Mystery_ and am now wondering whether to go on with
_The Raven in the Foregate_ or pick something else. (The title
character is SUCH a bastard. Somebody should've killed him
sooner.)
--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at hotmail dot com
Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the hotmail edress.
Kithrup is getting too damn much spam, even with the sysop's filters.
sue kelso
"The Shimmer by David Morrell. Not far enough into it to make a judgement.
Just finished Malice by Lisa Jackson, probably will not read more of her.
sue k
sue kelso
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Janet, I just finished his newest. I really like these books.
sue k
jimbairn
Excellent, as always.
JimB
Rik Shepherd
which I'm reading because. Well, because they gave us Blown Away to read
for the ftf group at the library and we had a looong discussion because it
seemed that all of us had read different books (not that we all had
different views of why characters did things - we get that most weeks - but
that we all had slightly different takes on what had actually happened) but
we all agreed we'd probably not read other Ford books. So I picked his first
book of the shelf on the way out. There's some sort of sense
there,possibly.
On the other hand, Carol read Ford's first Frank Corso book one day last
week, after having got out all our Seattle maps, and read the second one the
day after.
jimbairn
> About a third of the way through G.M. Ford's Who The Hell Is Wanda Fuca?,
Which I keep thinking is called 'WHO THE F*CK IS WANDA HELLER?"
JimB
Bev Vincent
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About 90% finished with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, the final
book in the Millennium series by Stieg Larsson. As with the other books, it
could have used a stronger editorial hand, as there is a lot of repetition
and excessive attention to detail, but the story is probably the best of the
three, with an investigation into some illegal doings by a secret faction
within the Swedish Intelligence Service that threatens to create a
constitutional crisis. Also, the story of Salandar comes full circle.
--
Bev Vincent
www.BevVincent.com
Catherine Thompson
Not a mystery per se, but I'm reading Stephen King's *Just After
Sunset*, which has some definitely thriller-ish short stories in it.
Catherine
BarbNJ
I blew through Vince Flynn's Pursuit of Honor in under 24 hours. I thought
it was fantastic. I have just picked up Michael Connelly's Nine Dragons
which I know will make me just as happy. After that, I will probably be back
in my reading slump. I need to find something fun to fill in the gap while I
wait for my favorite authors to churn out the next one.
Barb
BarbNJ
I find that I do that more and more. For instance, I have always pictured
Harry Bosch looks exactly like Michael Connelly. Vince Flynn describes Mitch
Rapp very well and eventually you realize that he's Vince Flynn with darker
skin.
Barb H
Jr@Ease
the plane rides home from Indy, and finished it that night before I
went to bed. I really liked it. It's a story of two friends who get
involved in an Irish crime family. Its told in the voices of both of
them. It's brutal and tender in all the right places. Ken Bruen wrote
the first half, and Reed the second. By the end of the first half, you
get the basic story, and then the second narrator fleshes it out from
his point of view, which makes a whole. The Prologue and epilogue
then ties it all up.
I think it was well done. Very quick pacing, and if you've read Bruen
of Coleman, you recognize their styles almost instantly, but in the
end they mesh very well. I sort of anticipated that Reed would try to
imitate the first half (Bruen) writing for congruity, but he didn't
(and who could?) and I'm glad he didn't.
177 pages, a quick read and well worth it. It's small, buy two. (I
wish I had).
John P
Phyllis Stone
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I'm reading The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Someone here
recommended it. It took me awhile to get into it, I kept falling asleep, but
now that I am there I am enjoying it very much.
Janet
> I just finished re-reading the Brother Cadfaels through _An
> Excellent Mystery_ and am now wondering whether to go on with
> _The Raven in the Foregate_ or pick something else. (The title
> character is SUCH a bastard. Somebody should've killed him
> sooner.)
Have you ever read her pre-Cadfael books?
Francis A. Miniter
I have not got to that one yet, but I very much enjoyed New
England White. Set in "Elm City", a stand in for New Haven,
where Carter teaches at Yale.
--
Francis A. Miniter
Oscuramente
libros, laminas, llaves
siguen mi suerte.
Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra Haiku, 6
K Barrett
going to happen didn't. After ,what?, 15 Bosch books Connelly still
keeps it fresh.
K Barrett
Dorothy J Heydt
Well, I don't know precisely what is *pre*-Cadfael is. I've read
a lot of the Inspector Felse books. And I have a bookmark
somewhere for several other books that I don't think are either
Cadfael or Felse. But they're all available, if at all, from
obscure on-line vendors for an arm and a leg apiece. So they
don't fit into my budget at present.
Francis A. Miniter
and Tuppence story. A fast read, decent plot.
Kunio Tsuji, *The Signore: Shogun of the Warring States*
This is a contemporary Japanese novel (translation ) set in
the time of Oda Nobunaga (it starts in the year 1572), and
narrated curiously enough, from the point of view of a
European soldier accompanying a Portuguese Jesuit Mission to
Japan. Not as quick a read by any means as Christie, but
quite satisfying. I have already read a lot about this era
and I find that Kunio represents it well.
Janet
> In article <7k5vnmF...@mid.individual.net>,
> Janet <box...@maine.rr.com> wrote:
>> Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> I just finished re-reading the Brother Cadfaels through _An
>>> Excellent Mystery_ and am now wondering whether to go on with
>>> _The Raven in the Foregate_ or pick something else. (The title
>>> character is SUCH a bastard. Somebody should've killed him
>>> sooner.)
>>
>> Have you ever read her pre-Cadfael books?
>
> Well, I don't know precisely what is *pre*-Cadfael is. I've read
> a lot of the Inspector Felse books. And I have a bookmark
> somewhere for several other books that I don't think are either
> Cadfael or Felse. But they're all available, if at all, from
> obscure on-line vendors for an arm and a leg apiece. So they
> don't fit into my budget at present.
Tossa Barber, according to my memory. May overlap with Felse. I'm not saying
they are great, but then I'm not wild about Cadfael either.
Try interlibrary loan. I read them at the library decades ago. Of course
they may have been de-accessed by now and in the hands of dealers.
Dorothy J Heydt
Janet <box...@maine.rr.com> wrote:
>Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <7k5vnmF...@mid.individual.net>,
>> Janet <box...@maine.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> I just finished re-reading the Brother Cadfaels through _An
>>>> Excellent Mystery_ and am now wondering whether to go on with
>>>> _The Raven in the Foregate_ or pick something else. (The title
>>>> character is SUCH a bastard. Somebody should've killed him
>>>> sooner.)
>>>
>>> Have you ever read her pre-Cadfael books?
>>
>> Well, I don't know precisely what is *pre*-Cadfael is. I've read
>> a lot of the Inspector Felse books. And I have a bookmark
>> somewhere for several other books that I don't think are either
>> Cadfael or Felse. But they're all available, if at all, from
>> obscure on-line vendors for an arm and a leg apiece. So they
>> don't fit into my budget at present.
>
>Tossa Barber, according to my memory. May overlap with Felse. I'm not saying
>they are great, but then I'm not wild about Cadfael either.
Well, in the books I know about Tossa got involved with > engaged
to Felse's son Dominic. They had a few adventures together, in
some of which the Inspector wasn't involved at all (e.g.,
Mourning Raga_), and then there was _Death to the Landlords_ in
which there's only Dominic, and then it seems to stop.
If there are other books in which Tossa appears without Dominic
and/or his dad, I want to read them, but I don't know which ones
they are...
If I had oodles of money, I could buy all the books I wanted and
the house to put them in, too.
Janet
>> Tossa Barber, according to my memory. May overlap with Felse. I'm
>> not saying they are great, but then I'm not wild about Cadfael
>> either.
>
> Well, in the books I know about Tossa got involved with > engaged
> to Felse's son Dominic. They had a few adventures together, in
> some of which the Inspector wasn't involved at all (e.g.,
> Mourning Raga_), and then there was _Death to the Landlords_ in
> which there's only Dominic, and then it seems to stop.
>
> If there are other books in which Tossa appears without Dominic
> and/or his dad, I want to read them, but I don't know which ones
> they are...
>
> If I had oodles of money, I could buy all the books I wanted and
> the house to put them in, too.
Sounds like you've read all of the ones I recall.
There's also her historical non-mysteries, of course.
Lauradog
>
>
>
> I'm reading The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. Someone here
> recommended it. It took me awhile to get into it, I kept falling asleep, but
> now that I am there I am enjoying it very much.
>
I really liked that one too, just weird enough at the beginning to wade
through to the good part.
Sue D.
family
set in 1909 in New York City, which pays host to Sigmund Freud, whose
radical ideas about sex, human behavior and psychology has sparked fierce
debate both in Europe and North America, is now a guest lecture at Clark
university, and the recipient of an honorary degree from the very same
university.
little of what happened on this trip is known, but after he left the
country, Freud refused ever to return to the United States.
For the rest of his life, he would refer to Americans as "savages"
The other back drop to this story is a serial killer with a sex fetish.
And the good doctor is asked to try and solve the crime.
Her-Self is reading A Case of Lone Star by Kinky Friedman.
The legendary Lone Star Cafe is a raucous little corner of Texas right in
the heart of Manhattan, where every great country music star stops for a
gig.At one time or another, everyone from the Rolling Stones to the Blues
Brothers has jammed there.
but on Thanksgiving night (1998) a serial killer is at work in the Lone Star
Cafe, and all the murders have something in common with the lyrics to the
lat Hank Williams songs.
Kinky Friedman is a reformed pot smoker, he now smokes only cigars,he is a
cat loving motor mouth politically incorrect sleuth former country musician
turned song writer.
He is the soft boiled Texas version of Sam Spade who now lives in Greenwich
Village.
*FAMILY* is 2 expiring minds @ psychedelic nirvana.
Dorothy J Heydt
The Brothers of Gwynnedd? Me neither. Vide supra, if I had
oodles of money....
Bev Vincent
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> Agatha Christie, *The Secret Adversary* The first Tommy and Tuppence
> story. A fast read, decent plot.
I just reread this one recently, too. She does an excellent job of making
you think you've outsmarted her by pointing subtle hints at the identity of
Mr. Brown (??) that are, in fact, all red herrings.
--
Bev Vincent
www.BevVincent.com
Bev Vincent
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> Just finished Michael Connelly's 'Nine Dragons' What I thought was going
> to happen didn't. After ,what?, 15 Bosch books Connelly still keeps it
> fresh.
I thought this one was a little weak. For a story that involves serious
threats to people close to Harry, there is a lack of emotional involvement.
Plus the whole thing is predicated on something of a coincidence that's hard
to swallow. The romp through Hong Kong was fun, though.
--
Bev Vincent
www.BevVincent.com
Richard Ellis
quirky Holmes replicant (aren't they both?). It's sort of creepy, dark
streets and attitudes with a bit of humour sprinkled in for good
measure. If the story holds up I'll read his next book but a lot depends
on the last half of this darkness...
Just finished Queenpin, by Megan Abbott. It was a very nice quick noir
read. I've read all three of the Abbott books and enjoyed them all
because of her style. I like the way she puts us into the scene with
just the right amount of detail. Very economic. Also there's a subtle
sort of humor (noir to be certain) which runs throughout her stories.
de
--
Everybody is right.
-Rochefoucault
Janet
> In article <7k67v4F...@mid.individual.net>,
> Janet <box...@maine.rr.com> wrote:
>> Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> Tossa Barber, according to my memory. May overlap with Felse. I'm
>>>> not saying they are great, but then I'm not wild about Cadfael
>>>> either.
>>>
>>> Well, in the books I know about Tossa got involved with > engaged
>>> to Felse's son Dominic. They had a few adventures together, in
>>> some of which the Inspector wasn't involved at all (e.g.,
>>> Mourning Raga_), and then there was _Death to the Landlords_ in
>>> which there's only Dominic, and then it seems to stop.
>>>
>>> If there are other books in which Tossa appears without Dominic
>>> and/or his dad, I want to read them, but I don't know which ones
>>> they are...
>>>
>>> If I had oodles of money, I could buy all the books I wanted and
>>> the house to put them in, too.
>>
>> Sounds like you've read all of the ones I recall.
>>
>> There's also her historical non-mysteries, of course.
>
> The Brothers of Gwynnedd? Me neither. Vide supra, if I had
> oodles of money....
I read them ages ago. Try interlibrary loan.
K Barrett
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I don't know if it was unemotional or if the emotions didn't ring true.
They were sort of canned. I mean how many times can Harry say
'they've got my daughter, dammit!" and still move the action along?
Eleanor was more emotional than I thought an ex-FBI agent, ex-con would
have been. I'd have thought she'd have been a tiger, not a hand wringer.
I thought the characterization of Harry as the man with the mission was
a bit repetitive. You'd have thought by now he'd know that - while not
necessarily a team player - he has to work with people and be less of a
cowboy in his investigations. That's where he'd been going as a
character in the previous 2-3 books. (Speaking here of Harry's LA Based
triad investigation he kept everyone at arm's length.) Kiz would have
slapped him.
I guess all that'll change now, huh? He's got a kid he has to come home
to, make dinner, be sure is safe. There goes 'the mission', or else we
can expect child protective services to be all over him.
Having said that, what I meant by Connelly still keeping it fresh is
that I thought the old used plot-line of the dirty cop would raise its
worn out head. Where I thought the story was going to go (IAD, dirty
cop etc) didn't happen. The final denouement sort of occurred to me in
passing, but I as distracted by the rest of the story and Connelly slid
that past me. So I was surprised.
BTW I'm about 20% though 'Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest' having
decided to go back are skim the previous book so I'd keep the characters
straight. I'm going back to GWKTHN next. I was happy Larsson put a
'notes' page at the end to fill us in on Swedish politics. Right now
there are plenty of balls in the air, so I hope the ending is worth it.
(No spoilers please)
K Barrett
David Johnston
wrote:
>I'm about three-quarters through "Death in Deakins Wood" by Rhona
>Petrie, aka Clare Curzon, both pseudonyms of Marie Buchanan. It's a
>British police procedural, my favorite kind of mystery. I seem to
>recall seeing a list of other pseudonyms for this author on the flyleaf
>of a book, but failed to write them down. Her mysteries have good
>characterizations and plots and I usually never figure out the murderer
>until all is revealed.
>Sue D.
I'm reading Dying For Mercy by Mary Jane Clark, which looks like the
most elaborate dying message story I've ever seen.
Andrew Barss
Someone here recommended it, I think, but I forget who, so whoever you
are, thanks. It's an astonishing piece of work.
I'm now reading Beverely Connor's *Airtight Case*, which is quite good so
far.
-- Andy Barss
Jennifer Santo
--
Jenni :-)
ia...@notcox.net
> I'm about three-quarters through "Death in Deakins Wood" by Rhona
> Petrie, aka Clare Curzon, both pseudonyms of Marie Buchanan. It's a
> British police procedural, my favorite kind of mystery. I seem to
> recall seeing a list of other pseudonyms for this author on the flyleaf
> of a book, but failed to write them down. Her mysteries have good
> characterizations and plots and I usually never figure out the murderer
> until all is revealed.
> Sue D.
Half-way through Bad News by Donald E. Westlake, one of his Dortmunder
books, it seems. I hadn't read any of them before, but I will be looking
out for them now. Its a very funny take on two sets of crooks
strategizing to con each other and the local court system out of a lot
of money.
Ian
Joan in GB-W
I recommended it on this site, but then someone recommended it before me and
that is why I read it. And liked it. It was so different.
Joan
Lois
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Beverly Connor is on my list of authors whose new books I watch for. I've
enjoyed all of her books and eagerly anticipate more.
Lois
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I think the other thing that irked me mildly about 9 Dragons was how neatly
everything fell into place in Hong Kong. He had only a very limited time to
solve that problem, and if there had been any sticking points at all, any
lost threads, he would have been done. But it turned into something of a
scavenger hunt, with every clue leading neatly to the next.
I'm almost through Hornet's Nest and I think it's worth it. The court scenes
are fascinating, as they are so different than what we're used to with
American trials. It seems almost like a group discussion, with anyone in the
courtroom apt to be asked a question by one of the attorneys regardless of
who is on the witness stand at the time. I presume that Larsson, as a
reporter, knew how the Swedish courts work, so I'm assuming it's a
reasonably accurate representation.
--
Bev Vincent
www.BevVincent.com
Andrew Barss
: "Andrew Barss" <ba...@mint.u.arizona.edu> wrote in message
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:> Just finished Robert Grudin's *Book*, which was truly fantastic.
:> Someone here recommended it, I think, but I forget who, so whoever you
:> are, thanks. It's an astonishing piece of work.
:>
:> I'm now reading Beverely Connor's *Airtight Case*, which is quite good so
:> far.
:>
:> -- Andy Barss
: Beverly Connor is on my list of authors whose new books I watch for. I've
: enjoyed all of her books and eagerly anticipate more.
: Lois
And there's a new Lindsay Chamberlain novel coming (after a long series
featuring her other character, none of which I have yet read) next winter.
She has a website at http://www.beverlyconnor.com
-- Andy Barss
Mark Alan Miller
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> I just finished Craig Johnson's _Death Without Company_. Nice combination
> of local color, wit, characterization, painterliness, with a bit of
> varied romance. Another author whose jacket phot looks just as I imagine
> the protagonist!
He was at B'Con in boots, hat, suede jacket, bandana around neck. CJ Box
just goes with the hat and boots. Admittedly, they both look like they wear
boots and hats on a regular basis, and look pretty good doing it, but
Johnson looked like he might have his horse tied up in the Hyatt lobby.
Stood out in the bar crowd, which may have been the point.
Mark Alan Miller
Mark Alan Miller
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> About a third of the way through G.M. Ford's Who The Hell Is Wanda Fuca?,
> which I'm reading because. Well, because they gave us Blown Away to read
> for the ftf group at the library and we had a looong discussion because it
> seemed that all of us had read different books (not that we all had
> different views of why characters did things - we get that most weeks -
> but that we all had slightly different takes on what had actually
> happened) but we all agreed we'd probably not read other Ford books. So I
> picked his first book of the shelf on the way out. There's some sort of
> sense there,possibly.
>
> On the other hand, Carol read Ford's first Frank Corso book one day last
> week, after having got out all our Seattle maps, and read the second one
> the day after.
I haven't read Blown Away yet, but I really like both of Ford's series.
Like Carol, I really zip through any Ford I get my hands on. If I had to
recommend one title, it would be A Blind Eye.
Mark Alan Miller
Lois
> :> I'm now reading Beverely Connor's *Airtight Case*, which is quite good
> so
> :> far.
> :>
> :> -- Andy Barss
>
> : Beverly Connor is on my list of authors whose new books I watch for.
> I've
> : enjoyed all of her books and eagerly anticipate more.
>
> : Lois
>
> And there's a new Lindsay Chamberlain novel coming (after a long series
> featuring her other character, none of which I have yet read) next winter.
> She has a website at http://www.beverlyconnor.com
>
> -- Andy Barss
It's been a while since I read a Lindsay Chamnerlain so I'm not sure I'm
remembering right but I think the Diane Fallon series is better so be sure
to try them.
Lois
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> Currently reading "Death By Water," by Kerry Greenwood.
Greenwood. Such good taste. I reconnected in Indy with Ron Serdiuk, who
runs a mystery/science fiction bookstore in Brisbane, and who is now running
a small press dedicated to Australian works. They recently reprinted
Greenwood's first two Phryne Fisher books in a single volume with a very
nice cover that doesn't give the false impression they're cozies (and thanks
to Ron for giving me a copy). I'm currently reading Alan Gordon's The
Moneylender of Toulouse. Yeah, it's taken me a year to get to it, but it
was worth it, as I always love a visit with the Fool Family, and this is
better than the last two. A new one is due out soon, too. Hmm, I know Alan
gave me a bookmark, but it's buried in a pile of B'Con junque.
Mark Alan Miller
Joyleen E. Seymour
I adore Donald Westlake. Not just the Dortmunder books, but his
standalones and the Parker books too. He was also a truly nice guy, met
him at a reading maybe 12 years ago in upstate New York.
Joyleen E. Seymour
I think I might have already mentioned this, but I am still reading
"Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character," by
Jonathan Shay. Really good book for anyone interested in PTSD.
After this, I think I'll pick up Janet Evanovich again, I was halfway
through number 12.
jimbairn
Had a good streak with Billingham's BLOODLINES, then Hrwitz's I SEE YOU,
Jeff Abbott's TRUST ME, Don Winslow"s THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE and
now Pelecano's THE MIDNIGHT GARDENER.
Recent aquisitions are Gerritson's KEEPING THE DEAD for 75p, Simon
Kernick's DEADLINE for 25p and Stuart B. MacBride's HALFHEAD (horribly
expensive at �2.50!) - plus the boxed set of Dresden Files DVDs for
�3.99 I also have a pile of graphic novels from the library to work through.
Who needs Bouchercon, anyway.... :(
JimB
K Barrett
Travis McGee novels. I got this from the library because someone here
said Leonardo DiCaprio was slated to star as Trav, and they didn't think
he could pull-off the part. Trav mentions that he himself looks like a
earnest young executive and that engaging personality is one way he gets
information out of people. So, yeah, I think DiCaprio can do the part
justice.
It was also very nice to read a great story put together in-depth in
just 200 pages. I guess this was written when the story, not the back
story, was the thing. Yet MacDonald introduces the reader to a lot of
characters and they are all very complete. What can I say. Some folks
got talent.
K Barrett
Richard Ellis
Me too! We started with the Parker series and through hook and search
read all of them, start to finish. It was then we discovered Dortmunder
and Westlake's 'other' crime novels. I wish I hadn't already read all
the Dortmunder books - so I envy anyone who is just beginning.
I was especially struck by his other novels, like AXE! Brutal but
extremely well written and seriously humorous (readers of Westlake will
understand the apt contradiction?).
BTW - none of the movies which were made from the Dortmunder books truly
captured that wonderful group of ne'er do wells although I thought
George C. Scott did a pretty good Dortmunder.
Joan in GB-W
that I finished it. I read it at the suggestion of one of my
sisters-in-law. It is a very Christian book, which would not have been bad
if it wasn't so preachy, so full of clich�s, so contrived, and so full of
incorrect information. What bugged me was the chapter where a group of
older women discussed how having an abortion will bring on breast cancer. I
browsed the subject online and found a few rather dubious sites where that
was claimed. However, the American Cancer Society site, which to me would
be the most correct site, says no.
I was going to jettison the book early on when it was pointed out that the
black preacher at a church where the services were lively (further clearly
explained that parishioners interrupted the pastor during the service and
the gospel music was loud) drove a maroon Cadillac. OK, maybe that could
pass muster, but I found it to be a little racist.
Joan
Mark Alan Miller
"Richard Ellis" <2de...@notthispartcox.net> wrote in message
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> BTW - none of the movies which were made from the Dortmunder books truly
> captured that wonderful group of ne'er do wells although I thought
> George C. Scott did a pretty good Dortmunder.
I keep thinking of Kevin Spacey as the perfect Dortmunder, and wish he'd do
one before he's too old to be plausible. I vote for Drowned Hopes, of the
ones that haven't been filmed.
Mark Alan Miller
Mark Alan Miller
"jimbairn" <j...@jimbarker.net> wrote in message
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B'Con was fun as always, and very well run, but Indianapolis is a snooze.
It's the generic American city, with most of the life redeveloped out of it.
I had one decent meal in five days, and that only after wandering all over
central Indianapolis on a Sunday evening, trying to find anything open at
9:00. Ended up a a perfectly decent tapas bar, though it was odd being
served tapas by beefy blond guys in Colts jerseys.
Mark Alan Miller
Sunnie
Currently reading a true crime called BENT COPPERS - don't now the
author, the book isn't too hand. It's about the fight against
corruption in the Metropolitan police force in London.
It's written by a bloke who used to be a reporter for the Panorama tv
show and apparently broke a big corruption story in the early 90's. For
all that it's a bit dry. It seems to be a bare telling of the facts
without much character put into the book.
The Met largely comes across as shambolic, disorganised and poorly
funded in its attempts to deal with corruption in the 80's and 90s
Sunnie
needles
"Francis A. Miniter" <fami...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Kunio Tsuji, *The Signore: Shogun of the Warring States*
This is a contemporary Japanese novel (translation ) set in
the time of Oda Nobunaga (it starts in the year 1572), and
narrated curiously enough, from the point of view of a
European soldier accompanying a Portuguese Jesuit Mission to
Japan. Not as quick a read by any means as Christie, but
quite satisfying. I have already read a lot about this era
and I find that Kunio represents it well.
Have you read *Genghis, Birth of an Empire* by Conn Iggulden?
All about the boyhood of Genghis Khan.
Or the sequel *Genghis, Lords of the Bow*
needles
A sheriff Bo Tully mystery.
My husband recommended it to be.
I really am enjoying it.
Francis A. Miniter
No, but thank you. In another coincidence, I think I walked
by it (Birth of an Empire) yesterday at Goodwill.
--
Francis A. Miniter
Oscuramente
libros, laminas, llaves
siguen mi suerte.
Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra Haiku, 6
kat >^.^<
"needles" <brit...@bresnan.net> wrote in message
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article books (They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?) are a good listen on long
drives. At 20 minutes on average, you don't get so engaged that you can't
stop for dinner or at your destination without feeling like you need to keep
listening.
Hm. That sounds bad. They are good to listen to, but without a true plot,
you don't feel like you will miss anything if you don't listen again until
your drive home.
kat >^.^<
in Rhinelander
Fran Read
>> far.
>> -- Andy Barss
>
> Beverly Connor is on my list of authors whose new books I watch for. I've
> enjoyed all of her books and eagerly anticipate more.
> Lois
Same here, Lois.
Fran
ia...@notcox.net
Well, Bad News was funny and smart all the way through, and I found
another Dortmunder at a sle on Friday, so I think I'm hooked. From his
gentle wit in Bad News I would have guessed he'd be a nice guy. Nice to
have it confirmed.
Ian
Fran Read
tells me it's bound to be good!
Fran
sue kelso
"Just started Heavens Keep by Kent Krueger.
Lauradog
> "Just started Heavens Keep by Kent Krueger.
>
>
Sue D., been waiting for this one
Joan in GB-W
Just started Rhys Bowen's latest, Royal Flush, and am enjoying it . . . in
fact, I started liking it on page one. I'm on page 28 now.
Joan
Lois
"Joan in GB-W" <jjk...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> Just started Rhys Bowen's latest, Royal Flush, and am enjoying it . . . in
> fact, I started liking it on page one. I'm on page 28 now.
>
> Joan
I just finished Connelly's Nine Dragons and started Blood Games by Iris
Johansen.
Lois
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BarbNJ
"Lois" <book...@OHcolumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Joan in GB-W" <jjk...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:7khchpF...@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> Just started Rhys Bowen's latest, Royal Flush, and am enjoying it . . .
>> in fact, I started liking it on page one. I'm on page 28 now.
>>
>> Joan
>
> I just finished Connelly's Nine Dragons and started Blood Games by Iris
> Johansen.
>
> Lois
Good Lord. I don't know how anyone goes from Michael Connelly (who can
write) to Iris Johansen (who can't), <well, IMHO> without a long break in
between. I once threw a book in the ocean after attempting something like
that.
Barb H
BarbNJ
"BarbNJ" <bee...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Oops, sorry. I had Iris confused with Catherine Coulter. It was one of her
books I threw in the ocean.
Barb
K Barrett
Goodluck Tinubu' (aka A Deadly Trade in non-US-Can circles) Read by
Simon Prebble. The second in the Detective Kubu series set in modern
day Botswana. However this is set in the north along a river, not in
the desert that I gather comprises the preponderance of Botswana.
Plenty of ins and outs. The book comes with a map of the camp where the
first murder takes place. I'm not sure if its like a train time table
in a Dorothy Sayers book, necessary if one is to follow the clues to the
ultimate end, because I'm following the story just fine without it.
Michael Stanley inform you about the regional politics without clubbing
you over the head. Prebble does a good job with the voices and regional
accents. I hadn't realized a S African 'A' is so flat. *G*
I'm off to water the orchids and return to Botswana. If y'all are
looking for something different try this series while its young and you
don't have to read many books to catch up. The first is 'A Carrion
Death' and I highly recommended it when it came out. I had to wait a
while to get '2nd Death' in audio format, so its available in book,
audio as well as Kindle.
K Barrett
kat >^.^<
"K Barrett" <morm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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John P picked that up at Bcon and got it signed by Stanley Trollip, the
Stanley of the team. Wasn't hard to find him. He's another of the League
of Very Tall Writers that include Lee Child, Mark Billingham, Jonathan
King...
kat >^.^<
What say, ye, John?
Joyleen E. Seymour
Witness Protection Program," by Pete Earley. True Crime, great so far.
Jr@Ease
Over Many a Quaint and Curious Forgotten Post, s/he wrote:
--------------------------------------------------------------
>John P picked that up at Bcon and got it signed by Stanley Trollip, the
>Stanley of the team. Wasn't hard to find him. He's another of the League
>of Very Tall Writers that include Lee Child, Mark Billingham, Jonathan
>King...
>kat >^.^<
>What say, ye, John?
All I can say at the moment is it's in the TBR pile, and I hope to get
to it this year yet. Stanley was a nice, soft spoken South African,
very interesting, which made me buy the book. Only one of three I
actually purchased this year at B'con. So I have high hopes.
John P
Pogonip
> Finished the Vietnam book and just started "Witsec: Inside the Federal
> Witness Protection Program," by Pete Earley. True Crime, great so far.
The first I ever heard of this program was about 1975 when I did a
pre-sentence investigation on a woman involved in a gambling case. She
handed me a proof copy of Leslie Waller's book, Hide in Plain Sight, and
told me it was about her and her family. She and her boyfriend had been
the first in the new witness protection program. The problem was that
she and her husband had not completed their divorce, and he was paying
child support but didn't know where the kids were. It was sort of a
fluke that she got pulled in to the gaming offense, and she completed
probation with flying colors, ended up going to work at the university's
personnel (human resources now) department, where she helped my husband
jump through various hoops for several years. She retired, and not long
afterward lost her life to cancer.
It's something that has stuck with me for years. At one time, we were
neighbors, living on the same street, and I came to count her as a
friend. Unusual since I met her "on the job." The S.O.B. boyfriend is
still alive, still running his mouth. LOL!
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
Jennifer Santo
On 10/21/09 6:05 PM, in article hbo438$4ce$1...@news.eternal-september.org,
"Mark Alan Miller" <mami...@sfdiamond.com> wrote:
>
> "Jennifer Santo" <jenn...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:C703CE5D.6EC7%jenn...@hotmail.com...
>> Currently reading "Death By Water," by Kerry Greenwood.
>
> Greenwood. Such good taste. >>
Why, thank you!
I reconnected in Indy with Ron Serdiuk, who
> runs a mystery/science fiction bookstore in Brisbane, and who is now running
> a small press dedicated to Australian works. They recently reprinted
> Greenwood's first two Phryne Fisher books in a single volume with a very
> nice cover that doesn't give the false impression they're cozies (and thanks
> to Ron for giving me a copy). I'm currently reading Alan Gordon's The
> Moneylender of Toulouse. Yeah, it's taken me a year to get to it, but it
> was worth it, as I always love a visit with the Fool Family, and this is
> better than the last two. A new one is due out soon, too. >>
*perks* Oooh, really? Any idea when?
Hmm, I know Alan
> gave me a bookmark, but it's buried in a pile of B'Con junque.>>
Heh. I just rediscovered a box of Stuff from last year's B'con, in a deep
dark corner of the den.
--
Jenni :-)
AlanGordon
I'm currently readingAlan Gordon'sThe
> > Moneylender of Toulouse. Yeah, it's taken me a year to get to it, but it
> > was worth it, as I always love a visit with the Fool Family, and this is
> > better than the last two. A new one is due out soon, too. >>
>
> *perks* Oooh, really? Any idea when?
>
> Hmm, I know Alan
I know him, too! The Parisian Prodigal is out on January 19, 2009. Alan
Mark Alan Miller
"AlanGordon" <alan...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for the info, Alan. I hope this one comes out as an e-book. Not
that I won't buy it either way, but it's my preferred format now.
Mark Alan Miller
Mitchy
> I know him, too! The Parisian Prodigal is out on January 19, 2009. Alan
Woo hoo!! *dashes to pre-order* Thanks for letting us
know, Alan :)
Jennifer Santo
On 11/8/09 7:25 PM, in article
b4dbc6a7-9fd5-4e6d...@p32g2000vbi.googlegroups.com,
"AlanGordon" <alan...@aol.com> wrote:
LOL, talk about ask and ye shall receive. Thanks, Alan!
--
Jenni :-)
BarbNJ
I'm still reading 9 Dragons. I've been a little slow of late. I'm enjoying
it but as several others here have said, it's a little "off" for Michael
Connelly.
Barb h
>
>
K Barrett
>
> "Jennifer Santo" <jenn...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:C727766F.7412%jenn...@hotmail.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/8/09 7:25 PM, in article
>> b4dbc6a7-9fd5-4e6d...@p32g2000vbi.googlegroups.com,
>> "AlanGordon" <alan...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Nov 1, 8:54 pm, Jennifer Santo <jenni...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm currently readingAlan Gordon'sThe
>>>>> Moneylender of Toulouse. Yeah, it's taken me a year to get to it,
>>>>> but it
>>>>> was worth it, as I always love a visit with the Fool Family, and
>>>>> this is
>>>>> better than the last two. A new one is due out soon, too. >>
>>>>
>>>> *perks* Oooh, really? Any idea when?
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, I know Alan
>>>
>>> I know him, too! The Parisian Prodigal is out on January 19, 2009.
>>> Alan>>
>>
>> LOL, talk about ask and ye shall receive. Thanks, Alan!
>>
>> --
>> Jenni :-)
>
Just asked Audible to get his books on MP3 format.
K Barrett
K Barrett
Arlingmeyer brothers book to the library unfinished. As opposed to the
previous 3 books I really didn't care about the characters in the story.
So I turned to other matters. Too many books, too little time.
Am reading Mo Hayder's 'Ritual' which seems to be building to more of a
suspense rather than a true mystery, but will see where it goes.
On Audible I'm listening to 'The Windup Girl' which I keep trying to get
my orchid friends to read, not because it has anything to do with
orchids but it has everything to do with seedbanks and DNA, two hot
topics in orchid politics. Bet you didn't know there *was* such a thing
as orchid politics, didja? Well, how could something as enticing as an
orchid not? *G*
K Barrett
jimbairn
violent, very gory, semi-SF/procedural set in future Glasgow. While his
crime books have always been gory, they had a sense of humour to balance
it. This has almost no humour and I'm struggling to keep up with it.
JimB
Jr@Ease
Over Many a Quaint and Curious Forgotten Post, s/he wrote:
--------------------------------------------------------------
I just finished "A Quiet Vendetta" by R J Ellory. A wonderful, grand
sweep of a book that takes in the history of the Mafia as seen through
the eyes of a hit man. That's not really the plot either. It's almost
too complex to try to put in a comment, but suffice to say it's
definitely the best book I read this year, and possibly the best in a
quite a few years. I loved it. Great twisty ending that I didn't see
coming.
He has 7 books out, and I think they are all set in America. Only one
has been published in the US (the 6th) and the 7th (Anniversary Man)
is coming out soon, with the rest to come in stages.
Met him in Indy after I bought the book on the advice of a bookseller
doing what booksellers do best - hand selling. Interesting man. Can't
recommend him enough.
John P
Bud
works.
--
Bud
Phyllis Stone
and how each one advances the story of Gemma and Duncan plus has an
intersting mystery to go with it. I have started Fear the Worst by Linwood
Barclay. I like it so far. I have read only a very few of his books but I am
sensing a pattern.
K Barrett
Yes, sometimes books are just too dark. Maybe put it aside and come
back to it.
K Barrett
Annie C
"Jr@Ease" <do.not.s...@this.address> wrote in message
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> Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, While jimbairn Pondered, Weak and Weary,
> Over Many a Quaint and Curious Forgotten Post, s/he wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>>Currently ploughing my way through Stuart MacBride's HALFHEAD. A very
>>violent, very gory, semi-SF/procedural set in future Glasgow. While his
>>crime books have always been gory, they had a sense of humour to balance
>>it. This has almost no humour and I'm struggling to keep up with it.
>>
>>JimB
What I've liked best about Stuart's early books was the dark humor.
Hmm, still willing to try this one, but thanks for the warning. I had read
similar comments elsewhere....
> I just finished "A Quiet Vendetta" by R J Ellory. A wonderful, grand
> sweep of a book that takes in the history of the Mafia as seen through
> the eyes of a hit man. That's not really the plot either. It's almost
> too complex to try to put in a comment, but suffice to say it's
> definitely the best book I read this year, and possibly the best in a
> quite a few years. I loved it. Great twisty ending that I didn't see
> coming.
>
> He has 7 books out, and I think they are all set in America. Only one
> has been published in the US (the 6th) and the 7th (Anniversary Man)
> is coming out soon, with the rest to come in stages.
>
> Met him in Indy after I bought the book on the advice of a bookseller
> doing what booksellers do best - hand selling. Interesting man. Can't
> recommend him enough.
>
> John P
Now this is an author who has not been on my radar. After your comments,
John, and checking his website http://www.rjellory.com/, his work is now at
the top of my list of 'books to look for.' A Quiet Vendeta sounds right up
my alley, as do many of his others.. Actually, all of his books sound great.
Sure wish I could have been at Indy to meet him too.. Thanks for mentioing
Ellory.
Annie
K Barrett
Ditto. Thanks for mentioning the author. 'A Quiet Belief in Angels' is
available on Audible and Kindle.
K Barrett
Jr@Ease
Over Many a Quaint and Curious Forgotten Post, s/he wrote:
--------------------------------------------------------------
>John, and checking his website http://www.rjellory.com/, his work is now at
>the top of my list of 'books to look for.' A Quiet Vendeta sounds right up
>my alley, as do many of his others.. Actually, all of his books sound great.
>Sure wish I could have been at Indy to meet him too.. Thanks for mentioing
>Ellory.
>
>Annie
It's possible you met him in Baltimore. He was there. He actually
roomed with Ali, IIRC.
John P
Annie C
"Jr@Ease" <do.not.s...@this.address> wrote in message
Hmm, don't think I met him ...
and I didn't see Ali around much either..
except at the Lee Child party.
I've a pretty good memory for those things.
Not for much else ... but I do remember authors ;-)
Annie
ell...@webtv.net
some RAMmers talked about. I am absolutely intrigued. I suspected a
couple of surprises, but I am clueless (so to speak) about how it will
end.Thanks for the recommendation!
Ellen
barbara fister
Lots of hockey. People seem rather dim and slow to pick up on obvious
hints. Other than that, it reads well enough.
barfly
Joan in GB-W
<ell...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Come back when you're done to tell us how you liked it. I found it quite
gothic and bizarre and because I rather rushed through it, I am considering
reading it again in about another year . . . and reading it much slower.
Joan
sue kelso
"barbara fister" <bfi...@hickorytech.net> wrote in message
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I tried that one, couldn't get past 100 pages.
sue k
sue kelso
The Wrong Mother. One of my employees got some free books at the free book
thing at Bouchercon and gave me 3 of the books. This was on my TBR list,
enjoying it so far.
sue k
K Barrett
I read that one too. If you are only halfway through the book you
really shouldn't comment. Mysteries usually develop and change over the
course of the book.
K Barrett
barbara fister
> I read that one too. If you are only halfway through the book you
> really shouldn't comment. Mysteries usually develop and change over the
> course of the book.
Sorry. Thought the point of this was to talk about what we're reading.
Didn't realize we weren't supposed to comment.
Barfly
Phyllis Stone
think every Barclay book I have read ,someone goes missing. This one is no
exception. There were some surprises too. The father of the missing girl is
a car salesman so there was some inside stuff about car selling. I was
really enjoying this story and then it ended. It was like he ran out of time
or ink. It really needed an epilogue or at least a a few more words. Other
than wanting more it was good.