tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post5351921253380369598..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Usually Around the Mark #5Kerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-41989862097129408792009-11-04T01:17:23.758+10:302009-11-04T01:17:23.758+10:30I enjoy Lovesey's contemporary mysteries, whet...I enjoy Lovesey's contemporary mysteries, whether with Peter Diamond or with Hen Mallin (I especially liked The Headhunters). I'm not a big fan of Lovesey's historical mysteries (but that may just be that I'm not a fan of historical mysteries at all regardless of the writer). I just finished Skeleton Hill and thought it was one of his best. I loved the way he brought all the threads together at the end--and I like the way he introduces information (about horse racing or civil war re-enactments) that imparts knowledge without being endless exposition. He's one of the best.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-37430968244203202632009-11-03T19:47:07.002+10:302009-11-03T19:47:07.002+10:30Thanks for the encouragement Margot.
I think you ...Thanks for the encouragement Margot.<br /><br />I think you are correct Phillip - that title is better. And thanks for the updated information on Lovesey's awards!Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-34814366339252941172009-11-03T09:08:30.370+10:302009-11-03T09:08:30.370+10:30Kerrie, "Usually Around the Mark" sound ...Kerrie, "Usually Around the Mark" sound to me as if, thinking of the mark as perhaps the bulls-eye, these authors don't often hit it, and that is surely not what you mean, is it? Rather the opposite. Now, if you were to say, e.g., "Usually on the Mark", then I would think you were writing of authors who customarily produce books out of the top-drawer, but in your view occasionally slip.<br /><br />May I just mention that you haven't quite done Lovesey justice re awards. He was, in fact, awarded the CWA Gold Dagger for The False Inspector Dew, and he got Silver Daggers for Waxwork, The Summons, and Bloodhounds (which also got the Barry). AND -- little fanfare here -- he got the Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime's Contribution -- richly deserved. You've chosen another of the writers on my A+ list, Kerrie. I'm particularly fond of the Peter Diamond novels.Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-11806604722687352982009-11-03T08:33:43.998+10:302009-11-03T08:33:43.998+10:30Kerrie - Your new title is, I think, closer to wha...Kerrie - Your new title is, I think, closer to what you mean than the other. I'm happy for you that you've found something you like at least a little better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com