tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post115262776389538315..comments2023-10-29T21:28:41.709+10:30Comments on Pavlov's Cat: Thoughts on crime fiction with utterly inappropriate illustrationKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152863355955872682006-07-14T17:19:00.000+09:302006-07-14T17:19:00.000+09:30Cool, sorry about that. Got carried away.Lucky i d...Cool, sorry about that. Got carried away.<BR/>Lucky i didn't mention when that guy did that thing, you know....;)Cozalcoatlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860756021115471862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152839787074818592006-07-14T10:46:00.000+09:302006-07-14T10:46:00.000+09:30I have rather sadly deleted Cozalcoatl's spoiler f...I have rather sadly deleted Cozalcoatl's spoiler for the benefit of any future reader, and await response to 3C's excellent point. (Wil Anderson when the Snowtown story came out: 'South Australia again, eh? Why don't they just run a line of crime-scene tape right along the border?')<BR/><BR/>I am tempted to write a whole new post on this subject to provide a fresh venue for comments, but it'd be like getting a basket ready for the cat to have kittens in -- it's a way of ensuring that she goes and has them in the bra-and-camisole drawer.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152839097417493512006-07-14T10:34:00.000+09:302006-07-14T10:34:00.000+09:30All right, I've waited days and still no dreadful ...All right, I've waited days and still no dreadful jokes about Adelaide and crime and your assumption that nothing untoward happened in or around that vicinity on the night. Nothing. Where's the cliche? The stereotype? The faux witty aside? <BR/><BR/>I suppose now is not the time to mention that even though I'm not 14, I still borrow the odd Agatha Christie from the library.ThirdCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17961559066632251691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152828349046558542006-07-14T07:35:00.000+09:302006-07-14T07:35:00.000+09:30Sorry...you can delete it if you want.Still bloody...Sorry...you can delete it if you want.<BR/>Still bloody horrible.Cozalcoatlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860756021115471862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152826170151576022006-07-14T06:59:00.000+09:302006-07-14T06:59:00.000+09:30Spoiler Coz!!Spoiler Coz!!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152775367041613272006-07-13T16:52:00.000+09:302006-07-13T16:52:00.000+09:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Cozalcoatlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860756021115471862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152765092898232892006-07-13T14:01:00.000+09:302006-07-13T14:01:00.000+09:30I too adore Val McDiarmid, and that is an interest...I too adore Val McDiarmid, and that is an interesting point about the non-Tony books (although I find Tony quite annoying -- Carol is the more interesting character IMHO). I like the one about the four drunken boys who find the body in the snow, and the one about serial killer who's picking off crime novelists. <BR/><BR/>She (Val not Carol) was here in Adelaide for Writers' Week in March and she was fabulous -- she told a lovely story about how the TV people had wanted to kill off Nelson and Val expressely forbade it. 'Pretend he's dead and then bring him back to life at the end if you must,' she said she'd said, 'but you cannot kill off that cat. It's the only functional relationship the woman has.'Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152763862676006742006-07-13T13:41:00.000+09:302006-07-13T13:41:00.000+09:30I'm another Val McDiarmid fan (I think her non-Ton...I'm another Val McDiarmid fan (I think her non-Tony books keep Tony fresh), and like Rankin too although I agree he appears to be winding down. Fond of Sue Grafton.<BR/><BR/>Cannot go past PD James, still.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152741657673729552006-07-13T07:30:00.000+09:302006-07-13T07:30:00.000+09:30Cozalcoatl, I don't watch much TV but Tony Hill in...Cozalcoatl, I don't watch much TV but Tony Hill in Wire in the Blood is essential viewing for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094574872650885802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152705779420345232006-07-12T21:32:00.000+09:302006-07-12T21:32:00.000+09:30Reiches stuff is pretty good. I'm reading one of t...Reiches stuff is pretty good. I'm reading one of the first ones last, but i'll cope. Haven't read the lastest one yet. 'Bones' is worth a watch. <BR/>Funny though, I posted on Cunning Plan about basically the same thing, except with smaller words and worse grammer.<BR/><BR/>Sharon MacCrumb is great. <BR/>So is Val Macdermid...ahh Tony Hill, so neurotic, so cute.<BR/>Michael Marshall writes some good, icky stuff.( he writes awesome sci-fi as Michael Marshall Smith)<BR/>Shane Maloney's Murray Whealan books are very good and funny. Set in Melbourne's political scene.<BR/><BR/>I've read both John and Michael Connolly, both not bad as i remember, its been a while though. <BR/>Johnathan Kellerman isn't a bad time killer either.Cozalcoatlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860756021115471862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152703573066497162006-07-12T20:56:00.000+09:302006-07-12T20:56:00.000+09:30Has anybody read John Connolly's books. Not quite ...Has anybody read John Connolly's books. Not quite crime but good nonetheless.<BR/>Not Micheal Connolly, the American, John is Irish.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152671392517798652006-07-12T11:59:00.000+09:302006-07-12T11:59:00.000+09:30I pressed publish too early!It wasn't the gruesome...I pressed publish too early!<BR/><BR/>It wasn't the gruesomeness of <I>Pig Island</I> (I think I'm immune to all that stuff now, anyway) that turned me off the book, I just found it boring and a bit silly (geez ... deep and meaningful book reviewer, aren't I?).<BR/><BR/>I like Sharon McCrumb too.<BR/><BR/>Spooky ... just went to type in the word verification and guess what it was? hayder! Seriously!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094574872650885802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152670881537721612006-07-12T11:51:00.000+09:302006-07-12T11:51:00.000+09:30I liked Mo Hayder's Birdman and Tokyo but I really...I liked Mo Hayder's <I>Birdman</I> and <I>Tokyo</I> but I really had to force myself to finish <I>Pig Island</I> and felt a touch of guilt passing it on to my wife who <B>couldn't</B> finish it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094574872650885802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152670520263499462006-07-12T11:45:00.000+09:302006-07-12T11:45:00.000+09:30PC, I just finished a newish Reichs the one mostly...PC, I just finished a newish Reichs the one mostly set in Israel but I think there is a newer one. I've read all the others. And I agree about the Ryan relationship, all downhill since they got together. I wanted to give them both a damn good slapping. <BR/><BR/>I've watched Bones, the TV show based on the Tempe Brennan books, Kathy Reichs is a producer, but the only thing the same is the name and the fact she is a forensic pathologist. They are enjoyable in a breezy tv way. <BR/><BR/>I also strongly second Zoe's recommendation of Sharyn McCrumb.<BR/><BR/>I am only just getting into Rankin, just read two of the latter ones so far.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258413137471614291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152666992779426372006-07-12T10:46:00.000+09:302006-07-12T10:46:00.000+09:30FXH -- with you on Mankell (Zoe, agreed re coffee ...FXH -- with you on Mankell (Zoe, agreed re coffee and weather, which do persist -- and he is so SAD all the time. But strangely compelling all the same) and Peter Temple -- I thought <I>The Broken Shore</I> was an <I>amazing</I> book. Not familiar with Burke. Yet.<BR/><BR/>Girlie? Hayder not at all. Reichs -- well, it's no worse than Lee Child and the wretched Reacher testosterone, I guess. Certainly the Reichs heroine frets more about makeup and undies these days, but that may be because the UST between her and Ryan has finally been R, and a what a bore they have become as a result.<BR/><BR/>Mo Hayder's photo is on the inside front cover of Pig Island. Heh.<BR/><BR/>Zoe -- thanks for the McCrumb recommendation. I <I>loves</I> me a new crime writer. Agreed that Rankin may have jumped the shark -- but Alexander McCall Smith has not, AFAICS.<BR/><BR/>The Pixie's kitty comes and goes. Re new kitten in basket, did you click on 'more' and play with the little red ball on the string?Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152664713978373412006-07-12T10:08:00.000+09:302006-07-12T10:08:00.000+09:30Oh, and nice kitty on the sidebar. I see the weat...Oh, and nice kitty on the sidebar. I see the weatherpixie's lost hers, but perhaps it's been frightened off by her bondage outfit.Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152664633720419332006-07-12T10:07:00.000+09:302006-07-12T10:07:00.000+09:30Be careful with the Henning Mankell. The first on...Be careful with the Henning Mankell. The first one consists entirely of coffee drinking and talking about the (Swedish) weather. I am not joking. Later ones I quite liked.<BR/><BR/>Have you read any of Sharon McCrumb's appalachian crime fiction? I've only read one, which I thought was a cracker. <BR/><BR/>All good crime writers seem to tire - last Rankin didn't grab me like the early ones.Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-1152635326402142302006-07-12T01:58:00.000+09:302006-07-12T01:58:00.000+09:30mh - Two new crime writers for me.I'm a James Lee ...mh - Two new crime writers for me.<BR/><BR/>I'm a James Lee Burke, Henning Mankell, Peter Temple, etc type - hope they are not too girlie?<BR/><BR/>Leggy?FXHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927037961123914689noreply@blogger.com