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Post by daddys3chicks on Jul 21, 2006 21:42:44 GMT 10
I just started reading her books and I love them! She writes murder mysteries, along the same lines as Janet Evanovich. Her main character is Meg - who is a blacksmith. She has the usual assorted strange family members, and always ends up having to solve a murder mystery.
All the books are bird themed - the first is Murder with Peacocks.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 21, 2006 23:08:19 GMT 10
I have only read Shaker Run, it was a murder mystery.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 21, 2006 23:09:29 GMT 10
Actually there was another one, but I can't remember the name of it.
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Post by violet on Jul 22, 2006 13:49:06 GMT 10
Thanks, Cheryl, I've never heard of the author - time for a trip to the library! I love murder mysteries.
Have you read the series where the main character is a caterer? They are themed murder mysteries too, with titles like Prime Cut and the Frying Game. The author is Diane Mott Davidson, and she includes recipes in the books.
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Post by daddys3chicks on Jul 22, 2006 18:20:41 GMT 10
Yes! I just finished the last one Dark Tort. Everytime I read one of her books I keep thinking - how does Goldy keep getting catering jobs when she is always finding bodies? LOL!
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Post by violet on Jul 23, 2006 17:21:22 GMT 10
She sure is busy, Cheryl! I love having the food descriptions in amongst the storyline - a nice distraction.
Haven't see Dark Tort, I'll have to double check at the library. I hope she keeps writing them. It was a librarian where I used to volunteer who suggested the series to me.
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Post by daddys3chicks on Jul 24, 2006 7:40:51 GMT 10
That is funny because I had never heard of her either. We were in downtown Charlotte to take Amanda and Katie to a Dora Live show a couple of years ago. We got there early and were walking around the mall connected to the theater. There was a bookstore there. So, I went in and found a couple of books to read. As I was buying them I started talking with the owner about loving Janet Evanovich - and that is when he told me about DMD. I love the series type of books. I love Sue Grafton as well.
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Post by violet on Jul 24, 2006 8:17:06 GMT 10
I'm off to the library this morning to hunt for Donna Andrews and Sue Grafton. I think I've read nearly every English murder mystery ever written, time to start on the Americans now!
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Post by violet on Jul 24, 2006 15:53:33 GMT 10
Well I'll be busy - I've got one book by Donna Andrews and three by Sue Grafton. There were heaps of Sue Grafton books, all with names relating to letters of the alphabet. I love it, it means I only need to remember the letters that I've read not the whole title.  I'll let you know how the books go. |
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 24, 2006 18:45:56 GMT 10
That is fantastic.
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Post by daddys3chicks on Jul 25, 2006 0:27:06 GMT 10
Yes - Sue is great - I try to remember her letters and Evanovich's numbers!
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