tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post4748678222518932208..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Thomas H. Cook and Jill Paton WalshMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-3014347726443795362008-07-26T10:57:00.000+01:002008-07-26T10:57:00.000+01:00Martin,Our common listmate Barry Ergang did a nice...Martin,<BR/><BR/>Our common listmate Barry Ergang did a nice review of <I>Instruments of Night</I> on the GAdetection wiki:<BR/><BR/>http://gadetection.pbwiki.com/Instruments+of+Night<BR/><BR/>I agree with him that it's not the kind of book to read when you feel depressed, but as Barry says, it's "well worth your time".<BR/>The earlier "Tabernacle" about a serial killer on the loose in Salt Lake City is a gem as well.Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-4133883076559390222008-07-26T00:29:00.000+01:002008-07-26T00:29:00.000+01:00Just letting you know Martin that I have given you...Just letting you know Martin that I have given you an "award". See http://paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-first-award.html which explains all.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-90111323708289545252008-07-25T21:23:00.000+01:002008-07-25T21:23:00.000+01:00Xavier, I haven't read that one. What can you tel ...Xavier, I haven't read that one. What can you tel us about it?<BR/><BR/>Maxine, you're right. It's an open secret that 9 am is not my best time of day (I'm not really sure what is my best time, but it's definitely not then) but I am sorry I missed the panel, even though I'm not keen on the term 'cozy'.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-64196819956519918032008-07-25T16:53:00.000+01:002008-07-25T16:53:00.000+01:00I agree with you about Red Leaves: I was recommend...I agree with you about Red Leaves: I was recommended it by someone a year or so ago and I think it is an excellent book.<BR/><BR/>I've since read four or five others by Thomas H Cook. While I have enjoyed them all (especially Murmering of Stones) and think the author is a very good writer, I think that they have slightly too much of a "sense of foreboding" to them, so that the denouement does not entirely live up to it. There is also a common theme of the lousy father. But these are quibbles, I think he is really very good.<BR/><BR/>I haven't read any Jill Paton Walsh recently though I believe I read one or two by her years ago, possibly before she began writing in this genre? I am quite intrigued by her IQ (like it!) novels, though I don't usually read this type of fiction. But I found her expositions at Harrogate to be delightful (possibly a bit too early in the morning for you? But the Sunday session on "cozy" was a treat).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-25612990077204589432008-07-25T09:18:00.000+01:002008-07-25T09:18:00.000+01:00How lucky you are to have met Cook - he's one of m...How lucky you are to have met Cook - he's one of my favorite contemporary mystery writers and possibly the best plotter in the genre since Margaret Millar's prime.<BR/><BR/>Have you read <I>The Instruments of Night</I>?Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.com