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Happy Birdy, Beth Tindall

2009-11-25T10:49:10Z

Happy birthday, Beth, my favourite daughter.
Have a great day.
Love
Dad

Lady in the Lake - movie

2009-11-25T10:07:42Z

I renewed my acquaintence with this 1947 adaptation of Raymond
Chandler's novel recently. I liked it a lot but many didn't. Just as
Chandler's novel was told in the first person the movie tried to do
the same with a subjective camera - the camera because the protagonist
- the only time we see Marlowe (Robert Montgomery who also directed)

Hypothermia

2009-11-25T02:01:36Z

A quick visit to our only local independent bookseller and there was a
Indridason on the shelf! A good read ahead!
HYPOTHERMIA is the title. A sure sign that Indridason is doing well
is the publisher. Canadian rights have been picked up by Random House
Canada, so the US publications are a thing of the past here.

Tim Tams

2009-11-25T01:27:43Z

Pepperidge Farm Tim Tams have finally arrived here in Ann Arbor, MI.
Oh my goodness they are delicious. Now I know what you all are
talking about. I am afraid to try the caramel ones . . . if they are
as good as the chocolate creme I am doomed.

Happy Birdy, Eileeen

2009-11-24T11:42:58Z

Many happy returns, Eileeen.
Have a wonderful day.
Mique

Just finished, next up

2009-11-24T08:24:00Z

Just finished Michael Connelly's "9 Dragons".
Just started John Grisham's "Ford County Stories".
If it maintains the standard of the first story "Blood Drive", I might
just die laughing.
As for "9 Dragons":
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Others have hinted that this is not one of Connelly's best. Let me
say it loud and clear. It's not quite a wall book, but it's not far

Would you buy POD?

2009-11-23T16:47:58Z

I've got a POD publisher interested in my manuscript. I'm just curious
as to whether the general book buying public would buy POD? You would
have to special order the book, although some independent bookstores (my
local one for instance) might have a few on hand. It's a traditional
royalty paying publisher, not a vanity press. Thoughts?

Billingham's Tom Thorne, coming to tv in 2010

2009-11-22T20:36:52Z

Found on Karen Meek's wonderfully informative Eurocrime blog yesterday:
[link]
David Morrissey is to play Mark Billingham's Tom Thorne. Mark reports on
Facebook that "the TV series is in production and will probably be on screen
in late Autumn next year..."

New Reviews on Euro Crime: Badoe, Kernick, La Plante, O'Brien, Somer, Twining

2009-11-22T19:10:49Z

New reviews this week on Euro Crime:
Maxine Clarke reviews Yaba Badoe's debut novel, 'True Murder', which,
Maxine suggests, should appeal to fans of Ruth Rendell and Morag Joss;
Michelle Peckham reviews the latest from Britain's answer to Harlan
Coben, Simon Kenick's 'Target';
Geoff Jones reviews the new DI Anna Travis book from Lynda La Plante,

Maj Sjöwall on the Martin Beck series and her life

2009-11-22T17:35:08Z

In today's Observer.. [link]
Just read this excellent profile of Maj Sjöwall who with her partner, the
late Per Wahlöö, created the iconic and influential Martin Beck series in
1960s Sweden. (Seems so unfair that she's not profited much at all from
books sales, despite having sold millions of copies worldwide...)

WOT: my first Christmas present

2009-11-22T17:02:08Z

Ah, I just got an email from Amazon telling me my order is on its way. My
order is Susan Boyle's first album, "I Dreamed A Dream."
Joan

Dutch Mystery Pulp Covers

2009-11-22T10:57:48Z

Found this on another forum and thought it might be of interest:
[link]
JimB

WOT: Christmas Peeps

2009-11-21T23:54:12Z

Trees, snowmen, and one other but no Santas this year.
NO, I'm not taking orders. Find them at your own store.
Piliki having to do without this year.

How to freshen up a detective series

2009-11-21T17:32:02Z

(LA Times) - One of the hardest tasks a crime writer faces
is how to keep a long-running series fresh. The worst-case
scenario is when authors let their detective run amok far
longer than necessary, leading to an exasperated fan base
that buys new installments out of grudging loyalty. Case in
point: The bite and vigor of Robert B. Parker's "Spenser"

OT--help finding book

2009-11-21T15:37:33Z

A few weeks ago there was a review in the Sunday NYT book section of a
book that would make the perfect gift for many.
Ssince RAMily members know everything about something, this is the
place to ask. It's a book that tells the classics, like "Crime and
Punishment," slightly altered altered i n com book form. It's not a

Dulcie Gray

2009-11-21T06:26:12Z

Dulcie Gray is 90 today. Best known as an actress she has written 24
books many of them mysteries featuring Inspector Cardiff. Has anyone
here read them?
Dave in Toronto

Slightly OT: U. S. Preventive Services Task Force and Mammography

2009-11-20T18:25:26Z

I have taken a look at the report of the USPSTF on
Mammography and I have listened to a lengthy NPR interview
with one of the scientists making the report. I don't know
who appointed this independent panel or when, but the
analysis seems like a standard Republican cost-benefit
analysis. "What rate of death is acceptable?" The

hot

2009-11-20T12:37:16Z

kiss pics
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OT This is for Mique

2009-11-20T06:38:04Z

I know how much he admires David Caruso's acting!
[link]

SOT: Pops - redux

2009-11-20T02:16:18Z

I just finished watching Bones. Booth's father was on the episode tonight
and he looked mighty darn familiar to me. Yep, click, click, click. A
couple of years ago, Gibbs' father showed up on a NCIS episode and it was
the same man, the gifted actor Ralph Waite, who makes a great father figure.

Furst's Kingdom of Shadows and Current Events

2009-11-19T23:42:13Z

Having just finished this novel which explores fascist, Nazi
and communist sentiments in Central Europe before WWII,
especially those in Hungary, I sat down to read the current
issue of The Economist and came across this article on
present-day fascism in Hungary and other European countries.

[link]

I just shot my Grandma - no really!

2009-11-19T10:26:47Z

Bang! Now that I've got your attention I will tell you for the last
time, my FREE Christmas Giveaway this year is a FREE paperback copy of
BLOODY HAM and a FREE eBook PDF copy of CAPABLE OF MURDER. Please
specify which one you would prefer.
Sign in to my Guest Book on my Website with your details for your

WOT: Health Care

2009-11-19T04:48:33Z

This isn't original and, in fact, might have been posted here before. I
like it:
Joan
Senior Health Care Solution
So you're a senior citizen and the government says no health care for
you, what do you do?
Our plan gives anyone 65 years or older a gun and 4 bullets. Your
are allowed to shoot 2 senators and 2 representatives. Of Course,

Texas outlaws marriage

2009-11-19T00:22:34Z

[link]

To die. In the rain. Alone.

2009-11-19T00:15:21Z

These words "To die. In the rain. Alone." are apocryphally
attributed to Hemingway in a bit of recent humor in which
various people from Plato to Stalin respond to the question
"Why did the chicken cross the road?" But recent it is,
probably within the last decade or so.
So, when I read in Alan Furst's *The Kingdom of Shadows*

The corpse as major character

2009-11-18T14:00:35Z

I've just finished a book in which chapters on the corpse's life that
lead to her death are interleaved with the current events in the lives
of the people involved in unraveling what happened.
Flashbacks are of course a common way of telling us the back story,
but I don't remember having read books before where the flashbacks are

Name the best modern mystery book for a new reader please

2009-11-18T00:03:40Z

looking for something easy to read and interesting.

Georges Simenon

2009-11-17T21:17:01Z

I am reading a wonderful bio of Georges Simenon by Pierre Assouline.
Fascinating read. Protocols of Zion before leaving Belgium. Writing
a novel in a glass box. A year long affair with Josephine Baker! A
huge number of novels and pulp fiction.
Now, I think I read one or two Maigret mysteries a long time ago. But

The Prisoner remake

2009-11-17T21:04:00Z

So... any RAMmers seen it? Is it as bad as all the reviews make it out
to be?
JimB

Now reading

2009-11-17T17:37:43Z

"Quarry - An anthology of crime fiction by New England writers."
[link]
Great collection of short stories! Some are fun, some are scary, some
are scary and fun all at once. They're talking about it on the jungle
red writers blog - [link] You can enter to

Now Reading: Furst, The Kingdom of Shadows - Ping Wilow

2009-11-17T17:07:29Z

The reason for the ping to Willow is the recent discussion
about how many countries sided with Hitler in World War II.
This novel clears up at least some of the reasons.
The setting is Europe, 1938 (and probably 1939 by the time
it ends), Nicholas Morath is a Hungarian in Paris on a
diplomatic visa (mostly because his uncle works at the

OT - Silly Season...

2009-11-16T19:45:30Z

As with many, I have watched some of the continuing sagas of the
former Alaska governor and the former Miss California...
Add to those two with the likes of Glenn Beck (and his "ilk") one
would wish that December 21, 2012 would hurry up. How much more of
this nonsense can we survive?
I did manage to watch a partial Larry King interview with ex-

RIP, "The Equalizer" Edward Woodward

2009-11-16T18:02:16Z

[link]
Sad news. Veteran British actor Edward Woodward has died at age 79.
"Woodward is most famous for his roles in the cult 1973 horror film The
Wicker Man, alongside Sir Christopher Lee, and TV series The Equalizer and
Callan."
Personally, I've long enjoyed and admired Edward Woodward's work, especially

Another one gone

2009-11-16T12:09:40Z

BBC radio just reported the death of Edward Woodward, of Callan and
Equalizer fame.
[link]
JimB

Re: A Book Review for Francis and other anti-smoking zealots

2009-11-16T16:03:38Z

Junk science aside, I am very happy that I can now go to a public place such
as a movie theater, airplane, or restaurant and not emerge with clothes and
hair reeking of cigarette smoke and the beginnings of a splitting sinus
headache. The idea of being imprisoned in one's working environment for 8 or

Re: Happy birdy to our Nov 16 Twins, Vicki Jean and Norma

2009-11-16T12:33:13Z

Happy birthday, Norma!
Happy birthday, Vicki!
Beeg

Who Was John T. Flynn ?

2009-11-16T03:57:19Z

[link]
John Thomas Flynn (25 October 1882, Bladensburg, Maryland – 13 April
1964) was a U.S. journalist.
Contents [hide]
1 Career
1.1 The 1930s
1.2 World War II
1.3 Cold War
2 Books by John T. Flynn
[edit] Career
Although he graduated from Georgetown Law School, he choose a career

Santa is now at the Mall

2009-11-16T03:45:04Z

Last Friday Santa Claus came to our local Mall.
For a mere $2 your child could visit Santa and enjoy
and take part in a Magical Milk and Cookie tour.
Did we over sleep and miss Thanksgiving?

The (new) Prisoner series.. starts tonight

2009-11-16T00:42:32Z

[link] 8 EST/ 7 CST
And it's repeated during the week.
Looking forward to this AMC remake -- has a great cast, including Ian
McKellen and Jim Caviezel..
Starts in about 20 mins.
Annie

New Reviews on Euro Crime: Braddon, Brownley, Cooper, Peace, Robinson, Staalesen

2009-11-15T14:16:39Z

New reviews this week on Euro Crime:
Terry Halligan reviews another in Atlantic Books' Classic Crime series:
'Lady Audley's Secret' by Mary Elizabeth Braddon;
Michelle Peckham reviews 'A Picture of Guilt' by James Brownley which is
the first in the Alison Glasby, journalist, series;
Maxine Clarke reviews the first of N J (Natasha) Cooper's Karen Taylor

OT: Early Christmas

2009-11-14T18:34:16Z

I have been pondering this for some time but yesterday finally took the
plunge. An abundance of laziness has prompted me to buy a Roomba, I think it
will be fun to have a robit about the place and in liew of hiring a maid to
clean it might be worthwhile. In the reality series Flipping Out Jeff buys a

A Study in Celluloid by Michael Cox

2009-11-14T08:20:52Z

Has anyone here read this?
It's sub-title is "A Producers Account of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock
Holmes" - Cox was the executive producer for most of the series and he
tells the story of it's production from it's conception to Brett's
death.
I'm in the minority by not liking the series or Brett's portrayal very

Re: Happy Birdy, Jenni

2009-11-14T10:22:41Z

Happy birthday Jenni! Have a fantabulous day! :)

OT: RAM Christmas film preview

2009-11-14T02:14:28Z

[link]
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JimB

WOT:History of Friday the 13th

2009-11-13T19:36:35Z

Never knew ...
that the fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia.
According to folklorists, there is no written evidence for a "Friday the
13th" superstition before the 19th century. The earliest known documented
reference in English occurs in an 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini. One

Another Sherlock Holmes / Hercule Poirot / Nero Wolfe please

2009-11-13T17:44:34Z

I have finally read the last Nero Wolfe story (Death Times Three) and
am looking for another genius detective series told from the
perspective of his (or her) sidekick. I've read all the Sherlock
Holmes and Hercule Poirot series as well. Suggestions MUCH
appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Scott Jensen

WOT: Google Earth

2009-11-13T16:27:22Z

When I visit Google Earth . . . and travel on that spinning globe to the
site I am looking for, I am always somewhat irritated by all of those little
blue squares over the area. Those squares tell me some of the sites in the
vicinity I am in, but they interfere with the overall pictures. Is there

Rebus meets Taggart

2009-11-13T12:03:07Z

Thanks to Our Donna for pointing this out on her blog:
[link]
For those outside the UK, Children in Need is a yearly television
charity fund raiser which often involves specially made sketches where

Re: Hapopy Biurdy, Joy

2009-11-13T13:42:56Z

Have a great birthday Joy
sue k

Anyone read Marcia Muller?

2009-11-13T06:44:18Z

I have read all of her Sharon McCone series and love it, now I am
looking for another writer, any recommendation?
Thanks and cheers
katmeow...@gmail.com