--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00025 Date: 11/11/96 From: BRENDA MORGAN Time: 01:17pm \/To: DOROTHY REYNOLDS (Read 5 times) Subj: New reads DR: Have you read any of Steve Martini's books? He's fairly new to the game : but is also a good writer. Books with twists and turns that keeps you : guessing to the very end. The kind of stuff I really enjoy. DR: Trouble is, there are so many good mysteries about, and I enjoy reading : so much, I sometimes forget, I' |}. Some of of us will go to any lengths : to delude ourselves. research. Hi, Dorothy. I see you have good taste in books. I'm a mystery writer myself. My books haven't reached the States yet, but they're doing ok in the Persian Gulf. As much as I love writing mysteries, I love to read them even more. You're right, once you get caught up in a mystery, there's no turning back. When I'm writing, I often put myself in the character's shoes, so, that I know by practicality, what is the right step to be taken. It's fun. Mysteries are fun. Have you read any of Christopher Pike or Ruthe Furies' works? Hope to hear from you. Bye.. Bren. --- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v1.2j * Origin: The Diplomat BBS : 971-2-659913 (5:7411/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00026 Date: 11/11/96 From: BRENDA MORGAN Time: 01:20pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 5 times) Subj: Books ST: Not much in this echo recently! What is everyone reading? I'm reading : King's "Desperation". A real page-turner. I just finished Valerie : Wolzien's "Elected to Death", I love her Susan Henshaw mysteries. Our : store has 3 authors coming in for signings in November; Jeff Abbott, : Nancy Atherton, and David J. Walker. CAN'T WAIT! Hi, Suzze. I'm a mystery writer myself. I'm located in the Persian Gulf region. I need some information about getting my books to the US market. Do you think you might be able to help? Bye.. Bren. --- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v1.2j * Origin: The Diplomat BBS : 971-2-659913 (5:7411/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00027 Date: 11/11/96 From: SHARON SKELLY Time: 07:53am \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: JAMES PATTERSON SB> JR> Can't think of anyone to play Travis... SB> I think Harrison Ford would be my pick but I don't think he'd do TV! At one point there was talk of Sam Elliott playing Travis McGee. Dunno why, but I like that idea. He has sort that beat-up look that MacDonald uses in his description of Trav & the sort of smile that I'd guess McGee to have. The really tough casting for me would be finding just the right actor to play Meyer. * QMPro 1.53 * I'm cultivating my inner bitch. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: CanCom TBBS - Canton, OH (1:157/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00028 Date: 11/13/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 11:07am \/To: SAM WARING (Read 5 times) Subj: Books SW> biography and cookbooks) by spring. Meantime, I'm Brodarting djs SW> like crazy, since it seems that a Brodart cover on a beat-up dj SW> makes a book much more likely to sell--the whole book doesn't look SW> so tatty any more, you see. I've had a number of times where a SW> sound copy with a battered dj sat on the shelf for months, but after SW> I brodart the dj, hey presto! The book sells in a week or two. I SW> figure it's a pretty cheap way to improve turnover. Never heard that term before, Sam. Can you explain the technique? Current read: Katapult by Kijewski. I haven't quite forgiven her for having the villain kill the cat, but it's a good, suspenseful story and the cat is properly and tenderly mourned. ... Just another fiber artist, bobbin and weavin'. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy and Fiber Artist --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * MetroNet * Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1:261/1137) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00029 Date: 11/12/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 09:42pm \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 5 times) Subj: Travis mcghee PF> SB> McGee series although he's definitely a retrograde chauvinist in a PF> SB> very nice way. This series has "colors" in the titles. PF> PF> You're right, of course. I don't think I'm familiar with PF> that series after all. Sounds like a fun character, though. PF> I'll have to put it on my list... :) They're pretty predictable but also irresistible. If I've missed one, it was an oversight! Oh, yeah, and I even forgot about the blue Rolls Royce pickup named Miss Agnes .... * JABBER v1.2 * Everybody lock and load. This may get messy. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00030 Date: 11/06/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 11:33am \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 5 times) Subj: James Patterson PF> I just finished reading a mystery that you recommended. PF> James Patterson's "Kiss The Girls". Talk about assault PF> of the senses! Whew! I picked the worst time to read it, PF> too, because I was alone until late in the evening for two PF> nights in a row. I found myself jumping at every little PF> noise. PF> I will choose a better time to read "Along Came The Spider". PF> Right now, I'm in the middle of Josephine Tey's "Miss Pym PF> Disposes", which was also recommended here in this echo by PF> Jan Perkins. Quite a change of pace... :) PF>Patsy PF>--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 PF> * Origin: Orion's Sword | Bush, LA | (504) 867-9701 | V.* (1:3828/1) Hi Patricia: I take it you liked Kiss the Girls? (G). Perhaps I should have warned you ahead of time, but somehow that sort of detracts from the book don't you think? It's one of those that you are afraid to turn the page and yet can't put it down. I don't often read this type of book, and like you, have to go to something a little lighter when I do. Right now, I'm in the middle of Colin Powell's book. Good reading. Of course it isn't a mystery so off topic in this conference. I'm slowly discovering more and more mystery writers, and having a field day with them. Am into one of the Travis McGee seies by John D. McDonald. Now there is a real change of pace. I do like him though. What's so interesting about these older books is the way the love scenes are handled. Much less explicit than the newer authors. I find it rather refreshing. Nice to hear from you again. How's everything down Lousiana way? It's lovely here. Cool enough for sweats, (which I love to wear). They seem so comforting somehow. =}. Talk to you later. Best regards, Dorothy --- DBSMail V2.00g [F633BFFC] * Origin: tnl-online.com -=- san diego, ca -=- (1:202/711) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00031 Date: 11/07/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 10:43pm \/To: SAM WARING (Read 5 times) Subj: Books -=>While in the White Hart, Sam Waring explained to Suzze Tiernan that<=- SW> Well, I've gone all retro and picked up Frances and Richard SW> Lockridge's DEAD AS A DINOSAUR, from 1952. A book-club copy came into SW> the bookstore, and while I was brodarting the remnants of the dust SW> jacket, I read the blurb and it sounded interesting enough that I SW> thought to give it a try. The Lockridges use a husband-and-wife SW> detective team, Jerry and Pam North. Jerry's an editor for a New York SW> publisher, and far's I can make out, Pam is a sort of Nora Charles SW> type--at least, I don't see her engaged in any outside-the-home I think I remember the Norths from a radio program--never did read any of the novels--don't think I even knew there were novels featuring them at the time. Must be back in the late 40s or early 50s. The Norths were middleclass types in comparison to the high society Charles. Think they had a dog too--a mutt if I'm not mistaken. Hmmm, might even have been an early TV show too, but I won't bet on that. ... Open mouth, insert foot, echo internationally. ___ X Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 X --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Fred's Place (1:300/6.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00032 Date: 11/07/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 06:06pm \/To: MATT MITCHELL (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again MM> Nothing at the present. Just thought I'd see what other folks were MM> reading. I'm reading "Silver Pigs" by Lindsay Davis. The protagonist is a public informer in ancient Rome. It's a fairly painless way to learn some history! * JABBER v1.2 * Precinct toilets stolen. Police have nothing to go on. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00033 Date: 11/08/96 From: HELEN FLEISCHER Time: 09:40am \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: Current read MM> Nothing at the present. Just thought I'd see what other MM> folks were reading. Just finished The Great California Game by Jonathan Gash. IMHO, it is the worst thing of his that I ever read and in the running for my bottom-ten list of all-time worst books ever read. Maybe not the absolute worst, but close. The worst one, I didn't even bother to finish, but I'm not at all sure why I bothered to finish this one. A book has to really stink for me even to consider not finishing it, if that gives you a gauge. I look forward to reading something decent! ... Madness takes its toll: please have exact change. * Q-Blue 1.0 * Helen Fleischer is helen@mbbs.com in Fairland, MD --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * MetroNet * Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1:261/1137) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00034 Date: 11/12/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 08:32am \/To: BELLE BIJOU (Read 5 times) Subj: QUESTION On (11 Nov 96) Belle Bijou wrote to LINDA LEVIN... BB> My mother started this board (and called herself Dinah) when she was BB> 80 years old. She had a blast with it - met so many nice people. BB> When she got sick they were tremendously supportive. When she died BB> several of them came to the funeral. She "willed" the board to me -in BB> every sense of the word! - and I've continued it ever since. Still BB> have some of her original players ;) Do you have an Internet address? I'm at maureen_goldman@sunshine.net. Would like to ask you about the additional word list since the Second edition; not sure that mine is complete. Thanks. ... Narf. Poit. Zort. Egad. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11)