--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: E1H00002 Date: 01/10/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 03:14pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 3 times) Subj: Books -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Maureen Goldman <=- FR> CR: Laurie R. King, THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE, 175/405 MG> What do these numbers refer to (175/405, etc.)? FR> The first set of numbers refers to the page I'm on, the second to the FR> total number of pages in the book. It's a shorthand way of saying how FR> far I am in the book, in case someone wants to ask me something about FR> the work. Cool idea!!! One of my favorite reads of '96 was "Beekeeper's Apprentice". I have also read "A Monstous Regiment of Women" and "A Letter of Mary". (Liked the first and last best). Not sure of the page # but I'm about 1/4 of the way into "Writers of the Purple sage" by Barbara Burnett Smith. ... Contents of this message may settle during shipping. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: E1H00003 Date: 01/10/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 03:16pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 3 times) Subj: Books -=> Quoting Fred Runk to Maureen Goldman <=- FR> I jumped the book ahead of Wilkie Collins' THE WOMAN IN WHITE because FR> I discovered that the mystery bookstore has a mystery book discussion FR> group that meets monthly. The next meeting is Jan. 12 and this is the FR> book. I thought I would attend to see what it's like. The book for FR> February is the sequel. We have a reading group at our store. For January 23rd we are reading "Death in Bloodhound Red". Funny thing about what we're reading for April (The Body in the Transept by Jeanne Dams), I was selling her book to a customer on Tuesday when the phone rang. It was Jeanne Dams on the phone wanting to come to our store to meet with the reading group! What a coincidence! I hadn't sold the book in a few weeks, and she had never called the store before! EERIE! ... No you can't call 911 NOW! I'm downloading! --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: E1H00004 Date: 01/10/97 From: SUZZE TIERNAN Time: 03:19pm \/To: DENNIS LUCEY (Read 3 times) Subj: books -=> Quoting Dennis Lucey to All <=- DL> Hello everyone out here - I'm new to this message area but glad I DL> found somewhere to talk about the good books I've read lately....I'm a DL> big fan of James Patterson's Alex Cross series, Phillip Margolin, DL> Stuart Woods and Carl Hiaasen are some of the writers I really look DL> forward to new books from...The last good book I read was "Absolute DL> Power" by Daniel Baldacci - will make a great movie if they can do it DL> right...for any sport fans out there I just finished a good DL> mystery/basketball story called "JUMP" by Mike Lupica...well hope to DL> hear from others out here and happy reading.... Hi Dennis! I have some books here by the authors you mentioned (along with 200+ others that I haven't read yet.) Did you read "Dirt" by Stuart Woods? What is it about? There is a new Balducci book due out any second. Total Control I think. ... Rover! Look out for that truck! {SPLAT}$#%#$#!@$# NO TERRIER --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: E1H00005 Date: 01/11/97 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 12:29am \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: new MYSTERY! retrospective We've just received a new book from KQED Books, the publishing arm of San Francisco's public TV station. It's a retrospective of Public TV's series _MYSTERY!_, entitled _MYSTERY! A Celebration: Stalking Public Television's Greatest Sleuths_, by Ron Miller. It's a fine collection of essays, photos, and interviews concerning all the different shows and the authors of the books behind them. While most of the stuff I'll go on to mention is TV-oriented, I'm pleased to see that there is so much book-related material. Nobody has forgotten that these series have, for the most part, sprung from the printed page. In the sidebars and margin notes they provide bibliographies and biographical information on the authors, and there are interviews with some of the authors (the living ones, obviously). Long-time readers of this echo won't be surprised to find out that I especially liked the interview with Dick Francis, to name just one example. The text acknowledges many of the changes that were made between book and screen (and I now know which producer to blame for sticking Agatha Troy into so many stories where she didn't belong!). And there are great little surprises here and there: a charming photo of Derek Jacobi and Ellis Peters; reproductions of covers from _The Strand_ magazine which make it perfectly clear why the producers were keen to cast Jeremy Brett to play Sherlock Holmes. And bits of trivia -- one of my favorites is this: > Once when author [John] Mortimer failed to win the case of a client > accused of attempted murder, the condemned snapped at him, "Your Mr. > Rumpole could have got me out of this!" All in all, it's a fun book to look through and reminisce over. The only problem is -- and this is an odd complaint, I know -- the good pictures in the book are so good, it makes me impatient with the ones which are okay but not great: if they could get really super pictures some of the time, why settle for okay ones the rest of the time? And even though there are tons of great photos in the book, I came away wanting more, because in some cases the supporting players are missing entirely. No, they weren't stupid enough to leave out Watson, or Harriet Vane, or Inspector Fox. But really, how can one have Lord Peter Wimsey and no Bunter? There's a fine sidebar on Bunter and his relationship with LPW, and you look down the page expecting to see a picture of Richard Morant to go with it, and what you see are two pictures of -- Harriet Walter as Harriet Vane. They did a great job with _Rumpole of the Bailey_ and managed to get in tons of pictures with almost all the cast members, so is it asking too much to have just *one* tiny little picture of Mick Ford as Chico Barnes in _The Racing Game_ chapter? And I'll bet that there are similar niggling deficiencies in the chapters on the series that I didn't watch. For shame. But aside from that, the book is a heck of a lot of fun, with lots of great photos for the actor-spotting fan, interviews and info on the authors, some filming notes, a trivia quiz, great background info on the hosts, a big bookstore list, pointers on how to buy the videos, etc. etc. After leafing through the book in the store a few times, I just couldn't resist. Even considering that I've only seen about half of the shows, in the end, there was just too much good material in the book -- I had to have it. Did I mention how many really good pictures there are in this book? ;-) If you want lovely big 9 X 12 glossy pictures of the main characters in the MYSTERY! programs, then this is the book for you; it's especially fine for fans of the British Stage, since so many Royal Shakespeare Company players, and many other fine British stage actors, have brought their talents to the small screen here. If you can't find the book in your local mystery bookshop, tell them it's distributed by Publishers Group West, and it's available through Ingram Book Company; the ISBN is 0-912333-89-8, and it's $24.95 -- sure, it seems steep for a paperback, but like I said, it is packed with pictures, most of them in color. And if all else fails, you can get it from us: http://www.dnai.com/~ochobbit -- or e-mail my boss at ochobbit@dnai.com. Happy browsing! --- QM v1.31 * Origin: Sci-Fido II, World's Oldest SF BBS, Berkeley, CA (1:161/84.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: E1H00006 Date: 01/11/97 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 09:26am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Beekeeper's Apprentice > > It is. I just finished reading it. The apprentice is a > 19 year old Mary > Russell who stumbles across Holmes one day while she is > roaming the fields > of Sussex Downs. > > Laurie R. King has a second in that series out now--A MONSTROUS > REGIMENT OF > WOMEN. And a third (in hardcover): A LETTER FOR MARY. --- Opus-CBCS 1.73a * Origin: Sci-Fido II, World's Oldest SF BBS, Berkeley, CA (1:161/84.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: E1H00007 Date: 01/12/97 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 02:43pm \/To: ** ALL ** (Read 3 times) Subj: Janet Evanovich Howdy everyone; Have any of you out there read One For the Money by Janet Evanovich? If you like funny, witty detectives, her protagonist, Stephanie Plum is it. this is JE's first book in the genre and I'm hoping she'll write another featuring Stephanie. It takes place in Trenton, N.J. She gets laid off her job, her car is repossessed, then everything goes down hill from there. She finds out her her cousin Vinnie, who is a bail bondsman, is looking for a file clerk. When she applies for the job, the position is taken, but he hires her as a bounty hunter. I laughed my head off at the book. It's light reading, a bit raunchy, (what isn't these days) but has a good plot with lots of suspense. Am starting Linda Barnes "Coyote" next. Read one other of hers and it was pretty good. Been awhile, so don't remember the name of it. Whatcha all reading out there? All this bad weather makes for good reason to curl up in front of the fire and read. Too cold to go out and play and there's sure not a heck of a lot on T.V. Well, I'll get back to you later. Dorothy ... "Scotty, beam me up another Blue Wave message." ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- DBSMail V2.00g [F633BFFC] * Origin: tnl-online.com -=- san diego, ca -=- (1:202/711) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: E1H00008 Date: 01/12/97 From: IRV KOCH Time: 11:48pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Books ST> We have a reading group at our store. For January 23rd we are reading ST> "Death in Bloodhound Red". ST> Funny thing about what we're reading for April (The Body in the Transept ST> by Jeanne Dams), I was selling her book to a customer on Tuesday when ST> the phone rang. It was Jeanne Dams on the phone wanting to come to our What's so funny? WE got Virginia Lanier ... and someone showed up with a bloodhound . (We're in Atlanta.) --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 423-267-3789 (1:362/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: E1H00009 Date: 01/12/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 08:48pm \/To: SUSAN BULLA (Read 3 times) Subj: Beekeeper's apprentice -=>While in the White Hart, Susan Bulla explained to Fred Runk that<=- FR> It is. I just finished reading it. The apprentice FR> is a 19 year old Mary FR> Russell who stumbles across Holmes one day while she FR> is roaming the fields of FR> Sussex Downs. SB> I also enjoyed this one and I generally prefer contemporary SB> mysteries. I prefer police procedurals among the contemporary mysteries--especially Scotland Yard or English police mysteries. I also like some of the "historical" mysteries--Brother Cadfael, Falco the informer, Inspctr. Monk or rather Private Investigator Monk... FR> Laurie R. King has a second in that series out now--A FR> MONSTROUS REGIMENT OF FR> WOMEN. SB> Have you read this one, Fred. I believe I recall some comments in SB> this conference about people being disappointed in this one. Not yet, but I will as I did like the first one. I also have King's first novel, A GRAVE TALENT. I do remember similar comments, but I don't remember anything specific. SB> King also has two or three out with a San Francisco police officer SB> (Kate Martinelli) as the main character. I enjoy this series. Yes--I think I have the first one, A GRAVE TALENT. Finished: Laurie R. King, THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE CR: Wilkie Collins, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, 5/564 Email: fred.runk@mbhbbs.playcom.com ... An inch of gold cannot purchase an inch of time. Old Chinese Proverb ___ 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: E1H00010 Date: 01/12/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 08:48pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Books -=>While in the White Hart, Suzze Tiernan explained to Fred Runk that<=- ST> Cool idea!!! One of my favorite reads of '96 was "Beekeeper's ST> Apprentice". I have also read "A Monstous Regiment of Women" and "A ST> Letter of Mary". (Liked the first and last best). Just finished "Beekeeper" and also have her A GRAVE TALENT. ST> Not sure of the page # but I'm about 1/4 of the way into "Writers of ST> the Purple sage" by Barbara Burnett Smith. Clever pun--a someone is murdering western writers? Finished: Laurie R. King, THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE CR: Wilkie Collins, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, 5/564 Email: fred.runk@mbhbbs.playcom.com ... Books are the portals to new worlds. ___ 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: E1H00011 Date: 01/12/97 From: FRED RUNK Time: 08:49pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Books -=>While in the White Hart, Suzze Tiernan explained to Fred Runk that<=- ST> We have a reading group at our store. For January 23rd we are reading ST> "Death in Bloodhound Red". Who wronte this one? ST> Funny thing about what we're reading for April (The Body in the ST> Transept by Jeanne Dams), I was selling her book to a customer on ST> Tuesday when the phone rang. It was Jeanne Dams on the phone wanting to ST> come to our store to meet with the reading group! What a coincidence! I ST> hadn't sold the book in a few weeks, and she had never called the store ST> before! EERIE! Ah, is it just pure coincidence? Mysterious forces are obviously in motion. Finished: Laurie R. King, THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE CR: Wilkie Collins, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, 5/564 Email: fred.runk@mbhbbs.playcom.com ... Do not judge a book by its movie. ___ X Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 X --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Fred's Place (1:300/6.2)