Hi, Agnes. Happy New Year and welcome. The following list comes from ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYSTERY AND DETECTION by Chris Steinbrunner and Otto Penzler: 1920: THE...
Xavier: I just bought a used copy of POSTERN OF FATE and was not intending to read it too soon, but since you gave such a hardy review of a bad book, I may ...
Christian: I just followed this link to your site and it has really grown! I know I thank you every year for all the hard work you do on your site, but I must...
Welcome back, Suzanne! And an happy new year to you! Friendly, Xavier ... From: Suzanne Kingsley To: GAdetection@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 01,...
Another list of books read this year; from excellent to pitiful. The best book of the year (in both senses of the word!) was unquestionably Reginald Hill's...
Welcome to the group Agnes. Christian, one of our "on-the-other'side-of-the-pond" members, has a wonderful website called Christian's cool bibliography page. I...
What makes my brain ache sometimes is the question why some sleuths have been so popular with readers and others never achieved a position anywhere near that...
I imagine I'm going to catch flak from some of you about this, since I'll be advancing an argument put forward in previous posts, but I honestly think "style"...
There's an interesting phenomenon which I don't believe has a name, so I'm going to call it the 'Agatha Christie Effect'. It's the process by which the general...
Wow, what a question. I think part of the problem may be the changing views of what makes a "likeable quality." And the breadth of qualities any given group...
Very good, well thought out points. Off the top of my head I often can't figure out why I prefer one writer/detective over another. When I force myself to...
The title was A TASTE OF ASHES. I figured it out early too, Bob, for the same reason you did--and because the edition I read contained a prefatory note that...
This is an excellent question, I have wondered about it too (but stopping before my brain hurts). I think there are three elements: 1)Plot (storyline) ...
Hello everyone, my name is Elizabeth and I just joined the group. I've been reading the posts and this seems to be a wonderful group. Of course, I too am a die...
... Wow! That's quite a list. And there were only three authors on there that I recognized! Thanks Mike, I now have a whole new list of authors to look for! ...
Wow! What a promising year to come on GA detection! It's only Jan. 3 and we have a great thread already! Can't wait for the following ones! Why some authors...
Fifty new members in about a year - we must be doing something right. Yesterday I struck gold - walked into a second-hand bookshop just after a JDC fan had...
First of all, hello, Elizabeth, and welcome to the opinion asylum. :-) We inmates may all be a little demented when it comes to the novels and stories that...
... That's all what I said in a former message ("Sic Transit Gloria Mundi"). I'd add that tomorrow's forgotten man may be popular again the day after. You...
I use to be a gallant man, but that style thread distracted me from my most elementary duties. Shame on me. Welcome Elizabeth. Considering your authors list, I...
I just finished Jennifer Rowe's "Lamb To The Slaughter". Excellent, no other words. I can't think of a flaw in it, and you know I use to be some severe for...
Xavier (and other friends), LTTS is the latest, as far as I know, Verity Birdwood mystery. It is, of course, great and worthy of the Golden Age. By all means...
... Well, I should have guessed something like that. I have no luck with aussie writers. Each time I find a good one, he or she has whether a limited output or...
For Rinehart fans, there are sixteen of her books available electronically through Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/cgi-promo/pg). I haven't thought of her...
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