--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBY00039 Date: 07/28/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 04:18pm \/To: BERT QUILLIN (Read 3 times) Subj: Preferred Authors Sounds like I'll have to look for some Nevil Shute next time I add to my to-read shelf. I'd heard the name in connection with On The Beach, but never read any. Are any of the stories mysteries? Speaking of romance without sex, have you ever read any Patricia Wentworth? Many of the early, pre-Miss Silver mysteries were real romantic action stories in the classic tradition. BQ> He writes a bit like Upfield and I would imagine they were probably BQ> friends of a sort sometime and somewhere during their lives. Shute's BQ> books need not be read in sequence as they mostly involve separate BQ> people. That's useful to know. I'll just grab what I can find, then. ... No matter what it is, it's more important than housework. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- GEcho/2-PCB/2 * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (410) 720-5506 * (1:261/1137) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBY00040 Date: 07/28/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 09:57am \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Summer reading MG> SB> "Diagnosis Unknown"? MG> MG> Isn't there a current TV series with that title? With Dick Van MG> Dyke and his son ... or some attractive family member, at any MG> rate. May be. I know the series you're referring to. I watched it a time or two but didn't like it. The one I'm recalling was a summer replacement thing in the 60's. Same approximate vintage as "Checkmate." Starred Patrick Neal if I remember correctly. * JABBER v1.2 * Put on your seatbelt. I wanna try something! --- InterEcho 1.18 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBZ00000 Date: 07/29/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 06:26pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Cause of death ST> SB> Sure. Rub it in! ST> Ok.... Sigh .... I'm taking a few days vacation in the mountains of northern New Mexico in mid-September. The new Cornwell may be one of the ones I lug along for entertainment. ST> I am reading a book called "Final Jeopardy" by Diane Feirstein (I am SURE that ST> last name is wrong - too lazy to go look at the book). It is her first novel, ST> about a prosecutor in the sex crimes unit in NY. (What the author herself is). Sounds good. I'm reading John Lescroart's "The 13th Juror." Haven't really formed an opinion, but I'm not eagerly ripping through it either. So-so, so far. * JABBER v1.2 * Skydiving! Good till the last drop... --- InterEcho 1.18 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBZ00001 Date: 07/29/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 06:26pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Private library ST> I don't read many historical novels but I love every one I read. I don't know ST> why I don't pick up more. The history part fascinates me. Victorian era ones bore me silly ususally. Haven't read the Brother Cadfel ones or the ones set in ancient Rome. Would be willing to try these at least! * JABBER v1.2 * Please, God, not *another* learning experience! --- InterEcho 1.18 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBZ00002 Date: 07/29/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 08:25am \/To: SHELLEY GINGRICH (Read 3 times) Subj: Different Diagnosis On (28 Jul 96) Shelley Gingrich wrote to Patricia Ferrara... SG> Dell Shannon is definitely worth reading. I really like Lt. Mendoza. SG> It is hard to keep track of the characters, though. Mendoza is always SG> working on more than one crime, which can be confusing. Another SG> author who switches characters/crimes frequently is Ed McBain. I SG> found his SG> books more annoying than entertaining. You know that Shannon wrote under more than one name, right? There was also Elizabeth Linnington. Seems to me that she might have had an additional name as well, or perhaps more than one series under Linnington. I finished them all a number of years ago. Can't say that I found the multiple crimes confusing - some acted as comic relief, other as quick tragedies observed by the cops. OTOH, I used to read on the bus going to and from work, which meant that I'd finish a novel in a day (2-1\2 hours roundtrip, not many turns). These days I read in bed, and much of the time when I pick up the book again I've forgotten who everyone is. ... I sense something... a presence I haven't felt since... --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBZ00003 Date: 07/29/96 From: DELORES E ROWE Time: 09:09pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Cornwell -=> On 07-27-96 21:37, Maureen Goldman said something about Cornwell to der....... Hi Maureen.... DE> I agree with you, Patricia...I love Cornwell's books, and I too DE> believe that it's the forensic science and psychological profiles that DE> they DE> build up, that I find so engrossing. It's the logic...and luck...that DE> they use to apprehend the criminal that I find so fascinating. DE> Personally speaking, I don't find any of the murders portrayed in her DE> books to be any more sadistic or gory than those we read about every DE> day in the newspaper.:( MG> I'm thinking about cancelling my newspaper for exactly that MG> reason. As far as I can see, I can get the news off the MG> Internet and TV, and I won't end up seeing those horrible MG> stories about children being brutalized. I swear that most of MG> them are just thrown in as fillers. Are you saying that you don't think that the articles are true? Unfortunately, they are all too true, and too frequent, and cancelling your newspaper will not make them go away. As this is the Mystery echo, and as the vast majority of mystery novels deal with crimes, I find your logic to be quite puzzling! ... I tried to contain myself, but I escaped. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #189 * Origin: TMK BBS - 509.886.7607 - mystique@nwinternet.com (1:344/115.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBZ00004 Date: 07/29/96 From: DELORES E ROWE Time: 09:17pm \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Mary Higgins Clark -=> On 07-27-96 21:26, Patricia Ferrara said something about Mary Higgins Clark to der....... Hello again, Patricia...! DER> I agree with you, Patricia...I love Cornwell's books, and I too DER> believe that it's the forensic science and psychological profiles that DER> they build up, that I find so engrossing. It's the logic...and DER> luck...that they use to apprehend the criminal that I find so DER> fascinating. Personally speaking, I don't find any of the murders DER> portrayed in her books to be any more sadistic or gory than those we DER> read about every day in the newspaper.:( PF> PF> Maybe it's the very fact that I believe that the creeps in PF> Cornwell's stories are derived from criminals of today that PF> I take a strange sort of comfort from the pursuers of justice PF> having the technology to outwit them? Well, they say that truth is stranger than fiction! I also believe that a lot of her plots are based on fact. I also believe, while Patricia Cornwell may have a great deal of expertise in the area that her books encompass, I think that there is a lot of forensic knowledge and technology that we haven't even heard about. I give credit to LEO's as to how many criminals are apprehended, with often few or no clues. PF> I don't know. I don't usually analyze WHY I like a book, but PF> this discussion made me think about it a little. Oh, NO!!! I hope it didn't cause you too much distress! DER> I also happen to a big fan of MHC, and she definately has a way of DER> making reality spine chilling! :) PF> I particularly liked All Around The Town and The Anastasia PF> Syndrome. Yes, chilling! Sheesh! I thought I had read all of hers, and here you give me two new titles!! They are on my list now! ttys. der ... Money can't buy happiness, but allows a choice of misery. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #189 * Origin: TMK BBS - 509.886.7607 - mystique@nwinternet.com (1:344/115.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBZ00005 Date: 07/29/96 From: STEPHANIE SHAPTER Time: 09:53pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Test -=> Quoting Suzze Tiernan to Stephanie Shapter <=- Suzze, ST> Did you see all those stories in the paper about her? She has an ST> affair with another woman - a former FBI agent - and the lady's husband ST> - another former FBI agent - is a bit upset and takes some reverend ST> hostage! Is that the *truth*, or is it fiction? I knew she was a lesbian, but...that sounds more like her novels than real life. Stephanie ... To enjoy the flavor of LIFE, take BIG bites! --- FMailX 1.02+ * Origin: * The Ratz Nest BBS * Burleson,TX * 817-447-1619 * (1:130/911) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBZ00006 Date: 07/28/96 From: SHELLEY GINGRICH Time: 10:05pm \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 3 times) Subj: Different Diagnosis Dell Shannon is definitely worth reading. I really like Lt. Mendoza. It is hard to keep track of the characters, though. Mendoza is always working on more than one crime, which can be confusing. Another author who switches characters/crimes frequently is Ed McBain. I found his books more annoying than entertaining. --- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #189 * Origin: TMK BBS - 509.886.7607 - mystique@nwinternet.com (1:344/115.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DBZ00007 Date: 07/29/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 11:43am \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 3 times) Subj: Preferred Authors JM> I agree -- I took a hiatus from reading Upfield a while ago because JM> I didn't want to charge through all the Bony books and then have no JM> more to read. Finally, someone who understands that feeling! I think people approach mysteries in much the same way as they do a box of chocolates. There are those who keep going until they finish them, eating the best ones first. Then there are those who save the best for last and try to make the box last as long as possible. [ Apologies to Forrest Gump. ;) ] JM> And I'm facing the same situation now with Ellis Peters' non-Brother JM> Cadfael mysteries. I have almost read all the Felse mysteries and JM> pretty soon there won't be any more. Ditto the non-Felse books. Ooh. That's a problem. I haven't managed to get hold of all her non-Cadfael. I think I'm still missing a Felse or two, and some of the Edith Pargeter historicals. JM> Where do you go when you've run out of Ngaio Marsh and Josephine Tey JM> *and* Ellis Peters' modern mysteries? (Back to Peter Lovesey, I JM> guess, but what do I do when I've run out of *his* books as well?) I think I have to admit I ran out of Marsh long ago. I keep hoping I missed one somehow, but that's a false hope. Ran out of Tey for sure, not to mention Crispin and Allingham. I have a ways to go on Lovesey, but he doesn't hold my interest quite as well as the others. There's always Ray Harrison, of course, and there are still a few Wentworths left to find, maybe an Innes or two, and Hazel Holt is still writing. My to-read shelf is overflowing, but there aren't so many hazelnut creams as before. ;) ... No, the sheep makes the wool; I make the yarn. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- GEcho/2-PCB/2 * Origin: * MetroNet * Columbia, MD * (410) 720-5506 * (1:261/1137)