tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post5684141192812479408..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': The Water's EdgeMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-5473349756048317712010-01-21T16:30:28.520+00:002010-01-21T16:30:28.520+00:00Thank you so much for the correction, Martin. You&...Thank you so much for the correction, Martin. You're right: after a mere 2/3 excellent crime novels, Alison Taylor seems to have 'disappeared'. A great pity.Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-79662359715979266602010-01-19T19:16:25.414+00:002010-01-19T19:16:25.414+00:00Minnie, I'm pretty sure you are thinking of Al...Minnie, I'm pretty sure you are thinking of Alison Taylor. I once heard her speak at a conference, but she seems to have departed from the crime fiction scene, alas.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-68851952338027046012010-01-19T10:12:27.771+00:002010-01-19T10:12:27.771+00:00PS An exception might be the wonderful, brave woma...PS An exception might be the wonderful, brave woman who blew the whistle on Wrexham/district child abuse in care homes scandal, and wrote several novels including one on the very subject. Jones ...? Anyone remember her name, which - disgracefully - escapes me.Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-31232730837412547942010-01-19T10:09:57.401+00:002010-01-19T10:09:57.401+00:00Oh yes, count me out of this subject matter. Could...Oh yes, count me out of this subject matter. Couldn't read the otherwise excellent Peter Robinson on the theme, and there are a few others which I regret gritting teeth and reading (nightmares ...). No, a cruelty too far.Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-59876012473461559902010-01-17T18:42:43.561+00:002010-01-17T18:42:43.561+00:00Deb, I haven't read the two books you mention,...Deb, I haven't read the two books you mention, but I do share your anxiety about books with this subject matter.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-12274542283554352292010-01-17T18:41:40.804+00:002010-01-17T18:41:40.804+00:00Ann, yes, it is a tricky issue.Ann, yes, it is a tricky issue.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-53621354610955707652010-01-17T18:41:16.181+00:002010-01-17T18:41:16.181+00:00Dorte, I think it is the absence of graphic nastin...Dorte, I think it is the absence of graphic nastiness plus the quality of the writing that makes me want to keep reading Fossum. Though not if I'm already in a gloomy mood!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-42512651219836762952010-01-16T17:24:11.993+00:002010-01-16T17:24:11.993+00:00Like you, I generally do not care for mysteries wh...Like you, I generally do not care for mysteries where a child is murdered or in danger--particularly when there seems to be almost a relish on the part of the author in describing the harm done. Perhaps it's because I'm a mother that I shy away from that sort of material. I know there are evil people in the world who do terrible things to children. I don't want to have to read about them in the limited time I have for reading.<br /><br />So I rarely go near any book which indicates that a child killer is involved. In fact, I had to leave unread an Elizabeth George mystery that begins with a child (still alive) being held in what appeared to be a coffin. She's usually one of my favorites, but I just couldn't read any further. However, once in a while the subject is handled in a way that makes it palatable. I just finished Danuta Reah's Listen to the Shadows, where a child is in danger; I thought Reah did a very good job of making that danger real without being gory, cruel, or clinically detailed.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-13940840676266711532010-01-16T14:11:36.568+00:002010-01-16T14:11:36.568+00:00I have never heard of Karin Fossum before. But I w...I have never heard of Karin Fossum before. But I will have a look on amazon for that title.<br /><br />You're right, I don't like reading about murdered boys (I didn't like the movie Changling because of that) but sometimes it needs to be told.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-53178843782135962712010-01-16T11:04:13.718+00:002010-01-16T11:04:13.718+00:00I have read nine novels by Fossum, and only one of...I have read nine novels by Fossum, and only one of them could be called ´fun´. She is not very graphic either, she is just preoccupied with the minds of the criminals and their victims. <br /><br />´When the Devil Holds the Candle´ is the one that has made the greatest impression on me so far.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.com