Hello, everyone! It's a beautiful day here in Minnesota, and lo and behold a brand new website! Thank you Jon, for setting it up and all the other stuff that...
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Christian Henriksson
chenrik@...
Jul 1, 2001 9:13 pm
[I'm trying to crosspost this to both the Listbot and Yahoo addresses, just to see if it works - it might be a good idea to do while we're phasing Listbot out....
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stoke_moran@...
Jul 2, 2001 2:02 am
... and behold > a brand new website! Thank you Jon, for setting it up and all the other > stuff that you do! Motion seconded. ... negative > about his...
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stoke_moran@...
Jul 2, 2001 2:10 am
... job." ... Humdrum's unhappy domestic life? No! Fiction should > > avoid realism! Do we want to hear about the tragedy > > of Mrs. Smith, alcoholic...
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Richard.A.Liedholm@...
Jul 2, 2001 1:07 pm
Happy Monday to all! I visited one of our local mystery bookstores here in Minneapolis Saturday and spent a bit of time browsing for things (I found an ...
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chenrik@...
Jul 2, 2001 1:19 pm
... I only agree about Carr and Stout (and that Innes isn't irritating - he's just hard to read). These two can be extremely irritating, particularly if their...
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 2, 2001 8:44 pm
Richard: The Omnibus of Crime is one of the books I picked up for myself in LA. Boy, do great minds think alike... and appreciate the same things. Anita...
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stoke_moran@...
Jul 6, 2001 2:12 am
The Smiler with the Knife In the detective-story-cum-thriller, two books stand out: Gladys Mitchell's The Dancing Druids (which shows how the thriller can be ...
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Jon Jermey
jonjermey@...
Jul 12, 2001 2:58 am
Only 22 members so far have transferred across to the Yahoo list - slightly less than half. I can only assume that the others aren't interested. As discussed,...
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Christian Henriksson
chenrik@...
Jul 12, 2001 7:11 pm
... You're doing some great work here, Jon - I think I speak for everyone when I say so. I do hope that some of our lurking members will take the step over to...
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Richard.A.Liedholm@...
Jul 14, 2001 2:56 pm
Erle Stanley Gardner's book THE BLONDE IN LOWER SIX is a collection of Ed Jenkin stories, popularly known to police and the underworld as The Phantom Crook....
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 14, 2001 4:39 pm
Well, I have deleted the listbot address, so I am completely on yahoo. The only question I have is that the messages appear in a text that looks like an...
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John R. Mizell
jmizzell@...
Jul 14, 2001 7:07 pm
This "may" help you Joe. I did a little digging around on Yahoo Group's Help page and this is what I came up with: ...
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 15, 2001 2:12 am
Yahoo! - Groups SettingsThanks John. I'll check it out. Anita Hoffman ... From: John R. Mizell To: GAdetection@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001...
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 15, 2001 11:24 pm
Hi Nick: You should be proud of me... I just acquired a HC 1st edition of Mitchell's When Last I Died for $10.51 on e-bay. I know you think highly of it, so I...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Jul 16, 2001 4:15 am
... Anita, ... 1st edition of Mitchell's When Last I Died for > $10.51 on e-bay. I know you think highly of it, so I > decided to go for it. I am bidding on...
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Jon Jermey
jonjermey@...
Jul 16, 2001 8:56 am
As promised, by the time you read this an invitation should be on its way to other Yahoo groups subscribers to join our group. If you want to spread the word...
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 18, 2001 7:08 pm
The following message contains SPOILERS, so please be warned. Nick, Nick, Nick: Another book with an unlikely murderer. Shades of my "favorite" female sleuth,...
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stoke_moran@...
Jul 19, 2001 1:00 am
... Anita, ... female sleuth, Mrs. Dame Bradley in Saltmarsh Murders. I should have known. Glad to see that Mrs. Bradley is becoming a "favourite"! ... ...
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billvw@...
Jul 19, 2001 3:40 pm
Finally got Yahoo to readmit me to the group. Just wanted to note that e bay has Case For Mr. Fortune--H.C. Bailey as Item # 1447302897 , currently at $3.00....
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 19, 2001 11:34 pm
Hi all: I was high bidder on two wonderdul books... John Rhode Peril at Cranbury Hall, HC 1st edition.... $30.00. Pricey, I know, but the cheapest addaLL had...
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 19, 2001 11:40 pm
Thanks Bill: I am now bidding on the item. More Later, Anita ... From: billvw@... To: GAdetection@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Jul 20, 2001 12:04 am
... John Rhode is an excellent writer. With obnoxious critics like Symons and Watson who don't bother to read the books but make judgements out of thin air ...
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Richard.A.Liedholm@...
Jul 20, 2001 1:19 pm
Nick- As you may remember, I have been strong advocate on John Rhode's behalf since I joined our merry band of readers. I agree that Rhode was a great plotter...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Jul 21, 2001 4:20 am
... Nick- As you may remember, I have been strong ... merry band of readers. I > agree that Rhode was a > great plotter and that his murder methods were > ...
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Nicholas Fuller
stoke_moran@...
Jul 21, 2001 10:59 am
VEGETABLE DUCK (John Rhode, 1944) Apparently the forty-fifth John Rhode novel, and one of the best. The plot is ingenious, the detection admirable, and the...
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 22, 2001 4:17 pm
There is a book on e-bay called The Highwayman, dated 1915, by H.C. Bailey. The earliest book I am aware of by Bailey is 1920. Does anyone know if this is a...
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 22, 2001 4:20 pm
Nick: I checked the website again and the people who are puting up the book are called The Book Searchers, and are in Australia. The book is $5.00 so far, and...
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Christian Henriksson
chenrik@...
Jul 22, 2001 8:58 pm
... According to the reference book I always use, Bailey's first book in the mystery genre was CALL MR. FORTUNE from 1920. But he wrote a number of...
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Joe Hoffman
ljhoffman@...
Jul 22, 2001 9:31 pm
Thanks for the info. I mean, I know you're almost perfect, but even perfectionists make mistakes. .. sometimes. And this really isn't a mistake... call it an...
