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| 1064.1 | | MR4DEC::EGRACE | Validation out the wazoo! | Tue Oct 15 1991 14:31 | 6 |
| P D James also has a couple of novels with a female detective. Of
course, now that I want to, I can not think of her name. * Gray?
Anyway, the novel that introduced her was "An Unsuitable Job for A
Woman."
E Grace
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| 1064.2 | | VERGA::KALLAS | | Tue Oct 15 1991 16:11 | 1 |
| Cordelia Grey?
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| 1064.3 | | SOFBAS::PHILP | | Tue Oct 15 1991 16:16 | 23 |
| My favorite detective novels of all time are
the novels by Dorothy Sayers. The stories about
Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane are wonderful
stories and give a beautiful picture of relationships.
Although Peter is the detective, Harriet is a detective
novelists in the stories and they are written by a
wonderful woman. She also wrote some terrific non-fiction.
My favorite quote from these novels is as follows. Lord
Peter is asking Harriet if she wants to go punting
on the river...
Peter: "Do you prefer to punt or to be punted?"
I've always believed that 9/10 of the law of chivalry
was wanting to have all the fun.."
The titles are as follows and need to be read in order.
1. Strong Poison
2. Have His Carcasse
3. Gaudy Night
4. Busman's Honeymoon
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| 1064.4 | | WMOIS::REINKE_B | all I need is the air.... | Tue Oct 15 1991 16:44 | 13 |
| You forgot the short story written after they were married and
had three children....
:-)
my favorite Peter Wimsey line is to the effect that 'a gentleman
always remembers in the morning the name of the woman he went
to bed with the night before'.
and the lovely scene in the end of Gaudy Night when she accepts
his proposal of marriage in latin..
:-)
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| 1064.5 | | MR4DEC::EGRACE | Validation out the wazoo! | Tue Oct 15 1991 17:02 | 10 |
| > <<< Note 1064.2 by VERGA::KALLAS >>>
>Cordelia Grey?
Thank you Thank you Thank you! phew! That has been driving me crazy!
Okay, so I was already there!
E Grace
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| 1064.6 | Katherine Forrest novels | CSC32::DUBOIS | Love | Tue Oct 15 1991 18:08 | 3 |
| They missed Katherine Forrest and her Kate Delafield novels.
Carol
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| 1064.7 | "One Coffee With" and others | RANGER::BENCE | Let them howl. | Wed Oct 16 1991 10:52 | 5 |
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Margaret Maron has a series of mysteries about a New York City
detective - Lt. Sigrid Harrald.
clb
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| 1064.8 | | SOFBAS::PHILP | | Wed Oct 16 1991 11:25 | 11 |
| Oh yes, Bonnie you're right! That short story is
great...
there are so many good lines in the Sayers books that
it's hard to remember them all...Gaudy Night was my
favorite.
We had the music Bach's Concerto for 2 violins in Dminor
at our wedding partially because of the influence of
her books. That music is such a wonderful musical
interpretation of marriage.
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| 1064.9 | | LJOHUB::MAXHAM | Kathy Maxham | Wed Oct 16 1991 12:15 | 11 |
| I've been enjoying the V.I. Warshawski character (by Sara Peretski)
lately. (There's a movie out with the same character, but I can't
stand Kathleen Turner, so I haven't been.)
I also read one of the Jill Smith mysteries (by Susan Dunlap) and
liked it.
Both Warshawski and Smith are women capable of living and working without
a romance or husband looming over their shoulder.
Kathy
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| 1064.10 | a first-timer | RANGER::BENCE | A life of shape... | Wed Oct 16 1991 12:49 | 7 |
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Another mystery with a strong woman character comes to mind,
"Larkspur" bu Sheila Simonson. Simonson has a wonderful ear
for dialog and realistic way of describing good people's
reactions to unpleasant situations.
clb
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| 1064.11 | Uhnak and Greene | CFSCTC::GLIDEWELL | Wow! It's The Abyss! | Thu Oct 17 1991 22:26 | 11 |
| Dorothy Uhnak, who was a NY city officer and detective for several
years, has three or four novels out. Easy to find in used book stores.
(Have seen no new Uhnak's for four years now. Anyone know the story?)
Marilyn Greene, author of _Finder_, is a terrific read.
_Finder_ is an autobiography that tells how Marilyn moved
from bookkeeper and secretary to private detective specializing
in finding lost children. (Also a superb book for background if
you are thinking of hiring a private detective.)
Meigs
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