Thursday, May 24, 2007
Needed: many many hours
I cannot fathom how it escaped my attention until now but The Rap Sheet is the cat's meow and pajamas all rolled into one. I'm a huge film noir fan, the predecessor and first cousin to which is detective/crime/spy fiction (although some would disallow spies in this category). The Rap Sheet has billions of titles, authors, character and other details, suggestions, interviews, etc., etc., all about these wonderful stories. There's an editor and a bunch of writers who maintain TRS which is more than a year old and was in January Magazine for several years before that. Currently there's a sixth installment of nifty answers to the question "What one crime, mystery, or thriller novel do you think has been most unjustly overlooked, criminally forgotten, or under-appreciated over the years?"and some of the answers are gems. (Note to self: better sleep hard tonight because you'll be reading all weekend; maybe buy some stronger glasses on the way home.)

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Blogger Barb the Evil Genius — at 3:48 PM, May 24, 2007:
I'm an Agatha Christie fan, not really sure that fits in the exact same genre. I liked most of Dorothy Sayer's stuff too, and G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown.
 

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Blogger jau — at 4:46 PM, May 24, 2007:
Sayer and CK DEFINITELY qualify! They're fabulous. Christie frustrates me because she often brings in someone at the end that we'd have no way of knowing about. But the characters are great. I'm a huge mystery fan, so now we have another topic to jabber about! Yeah!!
 

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Blogger Barb the Evil Genius — at 10:49 PM, May 24, 2007:
So do you have some recommendations?

Christie frustrates me sometimes too, more with her pharmaceutical knowledge, from my point of view. But her characters are great, and I love her version of England. :)
 

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