--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00035 Date: 11/11/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 09:31pm \/To: HELEN FLEISCHER (Read 5 times) Subj: Books -=>While in the White Hart, Helen Fleischer explained to Fred Runk that<=- FR> I think I remember the Norths from a radio program--never did read FR> any of the novels--don't think I even knew there were novels FR> featuring them at the time. Must be back in the late 40s or early FR> 50s. The Norths were middleclass types in comparison to the high FR> society Charles. Think they had a dog too--a mutt if I'm not FR> mistaken. HF> In the books they have a cat. Well, more than one, as the stories HF> span quite a time frame. No more than one at a time in any I've read HF> so far, but I'm only a little way into them. I just got hooked on them HF> this year. Wanted to read them in order, but couldn't find the second HF> one so I've skipped a bit. A cat? Wonder if the director decided a dog would be better. I just might look around for them. It's been a long time since I saw them. I suppose, though, one might find them occasionally on a cable channel that specialized in older movies. HF> I loved the scene where she was trying to make butter from table HF> cream, because they'd run out of butter coupons during rationing. HF> Reminded me of the time my sister and I tried to make butter. ;) Also sounds something that Lucy might try. HF> ... If you can't see the bright side, polish the dull side. Works for me. ... Love is chemistry; sex is mechanical engineering. ___ 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: DFJ00036 Date: 11/13/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 01:58pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again -=>While in the White Hart, Susan Bulla explained to Fred Runk that<=- SB> I've moved on from "Silver Pigs" to "Shadows in Bronze." SILVER PIGS, if I remember it correctly, was a sad one. FR> The "Brother Cadfael" series is a great favorite of FR> mine--unfortunately, Ellis FR> Peters died recently--she will be missed. SB> I've not read any of these but will do so as soon as I can lay hands SB> on one at the local used book store. Interesting, and also informative books. I've a slight problem though with the PBS MYSTERY dramatizations of them though. My picture of Brother Cadfael differs radically from Derek Jacoby? Think that's his name--he played Claudius in the MASTERPIECE THEATRE version of I, CLAUDIUS. FR> The Judge Dee mysteries are also interesting-- FR> although I'm uncertain as to FR> their authorship. I'm not sure whether they were all FR> written by Van Gulik in FR> the 20th century, or were Chinese tales which he translated, or are a FR> combination of the two--some he translated and some he wrote himself. SB> I'd like to try this series, too. It's a very different legal system. Judge Dee is judge and investigator. ... Barkis is willin'. -C. Dickens- ___ 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: DFJ00037 Date: 11/13/96 From: BERT QUILLIN Time: 09:31am \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 5 times) Subj: Lindsey Davis -=> Quoting Susan Bulla to Bert Quillin <=- BQ> Certainly is. I have read all of Davis's Faldo books and wish she SB> would write BQ> another. If possible Susan, read them in order of publication as they SB> sort of BQ> flow in a series style and are more interesting that way. SB> Luckily, I am, Bert. Just happened to pick them up in that order. SB> Do you happen to know how many she has written and the order of SB> publication? Here they are: Davis, Lindsey TITLE / AUTHOR CALL # DATE LIB Last act in Palmyra. 1994 BCL Davis, Lindsey. Poseidon's gold : a Marcus Didius Falco 1994 BCL Davis, Lindsey. The iron hand of Mars / 1992 BCL Davis, Lindsey. Venus in copper : a Marcus Didius Falco 1991 BCL Davis, Lindsey. Shadows in bronze : a Marcus Didius Falc 1990 BCL Davis, Lindsey. The silver pigs : a novel / 1989 BCL Davis, Lindsey. Time to depart. BCL Davis, Lindsey. Susan: This last one, "Time to Depart" is a new release. I just placed a hold for it at our local library. Sounds sort of ominous. Like maybe Falco and his girl friend will tie the knot and sail off into the sunset, never to be heard from again. Hope not as I thoroughly enjoy this series. Regards, Bert --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: COM-DAT BBS (1:105/314.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00038 Date: 11/10/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 11:59am \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 5 times) Subj: Hello again IK> Science Fiction crossover! IK> I'm reading MURDER AT CITY HALL by Edward I. Koch (pronounced Kotch ... mine IK> is Coach). First time I ever had anything good to say about the guy >. Thanks! I appreciate hearing that. I have read some of the Margaret Truman "Murder At ..." which aren't awful, but I don't seek them out, either. I'll look for the Koch book at the used bookstore when/if it comes out in PB. * JABBER v1.2 * I've got all this emotional baggage and no claim check. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00039 Date: 11/10/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 11:59am \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: james patterson PF> I'm sure I've read one of those. Is Travis McGee the one who PF> lives a lavish lifestyle... parents are "old money"? That's PF> the trouble with only reading one (I'm sure I meant to pick up PF> others because I did enjoy the book I'm thi PF> nking of), it's often PF> lost in the clutter of my brain. Patsy, you may be thinking of Lawrence Sanders' "McNally" series. Travis McGee lives on a houseboat (named the Busted Flush) he won in a poker game. He "retires" about as often as he works. I love the McGee series although he's definitely a retrograde chauvinist in a very nice way. This series has "colors" in the titles. * JABBER v1.2 * You've pegged out my credulity-meter! --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00040 Date: 11/09/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 11:56am \/To: PATRICIA FERRARA (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: James Patterson PF> dr> I take it you liked Kiss the Girls? (G). It's one of those that you are afraid to turn PF> dr> the page and yet can't put it down. PF> Yes, it's one of those books that stays with you long after PF> you put it down. I considered putting it down because I knew PF> what it was doing to me, but you're right... I couldn't. It's PF> sort of a sick fascination... I had to know what happened. PF> What's more, I keep thinking about my next trip to the library. PF> Will I pick up Along Came The Spider? Probably. Me too. It's on my list of to look for books my next trip to the library. dr> Am into one of the Travis McGee seies by John D. PF> dr> McDonald. Now there is a real change of pace. I do like him though. PF> I'm sure I've read one of those. Is Travis McGee the one who PF> lives a lavish lifestyle... parents are "old money"? That's PF> the trouble with only reading one (I'm sure I meant to pick up PF> others because I did enjoy the book I'm thinking of), it's often PF> lost in the clutter of my brain. Travis McGee lives aboard a boat called the Busted Flush and has a friend by the name of Meyer. I think he does have money. He solves mysteries when called upon by friends. He is in a whole series with colors in the titles, such as: The deep blue goodbye, nightmare in pink, etc. This same author wrote The Girl, The Gold Watch & Everything and I believe they made a movie of it, also The Neon Jungle. We too have suddenly been having a heat wave. The sweats are back in the drawer and short sleeves are back. Crazy weather, but Southern Cal. is notorious for that. Never know how to dress from one day to the next. Well, gotta go fix lunch so I'll talk at ya later. Stay cool. Dorothy PF>--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 PF> * Origin: Orion's Sword | Bush, LA | (504) 867-9701 | V.* (1:3828/1) --- DBSMail V2.00g [F633BFFC] * Origin: tnl-online.com -=- san diego, ca -=- (1:202/711) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00041 Date: 11/10/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 05:27pm \/To: JOAN RENNE (Read 5 times) Subj: James patterson JR> Can't think of anyone to play Travis... I think Harrison Ford would be my pick but I don't think he'd do TV! * JABBER v1.2 * High speed dumb tagline: Turbo Duh! --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00042 Date: 11/10/96 From: SUSAN BULLA Time: 05:27pm \/To: DAVID CHESSLER (Read 5 times) Subj: Please... DC> At Minas Basin in Truro, 39 feet, but that's because the Bay of Fundy s DC> shaped like a funnel. DC> 13 feet isn't unusual anywhere along the Atlantic coast of NS. It's about 10 DC> feet anywhere in Maine, but only about 4 feet here in Maryland. It's about 3 DC> feet down in North Carolina, and only a foot or less at islands in the DC> Carribean. Wait a minute! I'm picking up a pattern here! * JABBER v1.2 * Death: To stop sinning suddenly. --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: * DataBoard BBS * Crowley, TX * (817)297-6222 * (1:130/916) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00043 Date: 11/10/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 08:59am \/To: DELORES E ROWE (Read 5 times) Subj: New Reads On (05 Nov 96) Delores E Rowe wrote to Dorothy Reynolds... DR> Helllo everyone: The mystery conference is getting short on messages DR> again and I haven't been adding my two cents worth either. DE> Since the beginning of September, my messages have been going to DE> nowhere but the wild blue yonder!! I guess my kids are right! I do DE> talk to myself a lot!! :) Although I'm still connected to the Fido MYSTERY echo, I've been receiving the DorothyL digest each day for the last month or so. This is 1500-2000 lines per day about nothing but mysteries and matters concerned with mystery authors, conventions, etc. By the time I get here, I've reached the satiation point. Um ... I'm reading Peter Lovesey's ABRACADAVER, about mischief in the Victorian music halls. It's something like 20 years old. Really enjoying it except that my elderly paperback is spitting pages. ... I'm standing with a rose in my mouth, and my arm pointed toward the band. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DFJ00044 Date: 11/10/96 From: IRV KOCH Time: 10:24pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 5 times) Subj: Books ST> Have you read "Grass Widow"? We just ordered it, it should be in today I ST> think. No. It's been on the shelf for a couple days at least but I've got too long a list of things to read as it is. ST> I read that when it came out, thought I wouldn't like it coz I hate ST> country music, but enjoyed it. All of a sudden, there's batches of mysteries having to do with country or southern stuff. ST> I just started reading "Tippy Toe Murder" by Leslie Meier. The one mystery I'm working on is Murder At City Hall. I'm told it sold poorly; I can see why but *I* like it . --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 423-267-3789 (1:362/629)