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OK, here they are...correct me if I'm wrong on any of them or you want yours changing... Sherlock Holmes (collection); Sir A.C.Doyle - 2 Bobbsey Twins - 1 In Death - 1 Emma Victor - 1 One For the Money - 1 Dick Tracy (alright) - 1 A Mind to Murder( minght change); P.D.James - 1 Dashiell Hammett - 1 Trixie Beldens - 2 Hardy Boys - 1 Ceremony In Death; J.D.Robb - 1 Nero Woolfe; Rex Stout - 1 The Big Sleep; Raymond Chandler - 1 OK, here they are. I'll except ten more nominations, I'll change the polls, then you have to vote on what's there, but, your thoughts on other crime books are still accepted(but not by the polls). BYE!
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05-12-2002, 01:09 AM
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The Big Sleep, not Sheep!
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05-12-2002, 05:30 AM
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AHHHjhhh!!!!!!!! oopS... (crawls away to hide under rock).
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05-18-2002, 08:58 AM
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Elven Warrior
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Anyone want to add anything or support an already backed book?
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06-01-2002, 02:00 PM
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Personally, I prefer “The Name of the Rose” of Umberto Eco
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06-06-2002, 03:41 PM
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I would back another book, but I don't think I've read any of the others
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11-03-2002, 08:34 AM
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OK, I've read Murder on the Orient Express and I'd rank it along with the Hopund of the Baskervilles, it's great!!!
 
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11-03-2002, 11:06 AM
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Arthur Conan Doyle with his Sherlock Holmes books rank high up on my list of favorite crime novels, especially the Hound of the Baskervilles and the Adventure of the Blue Cabernacle (I also liked the Final Problem, but that doesn't really qualify as a mystery). Agatha Christie was another genius, especially in the Orien Express, And Then There Were None, and the Curtain Falls. The Westinghouse Mystery has always occupied a special place in my list of mysteries, as it was the first I ever got into. For my favorite, I'd choose Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.
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11-07-2002, 11:51 PM
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Agatha Christie
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11-07-2002, 11:55 PM
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11-08-2002, 09:51 AM
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Whodunits are not my favorite genre, and even so I am embarrased to say that what I have read is probably not even close to honorable mention. I did read only one A.C. Doyle and that was long, long ago, and no Christie, and none of the others that could be considered "greatest" but since Imladris is being so kind to indulge a Phillistine like myself I will offer an opinion: My favorite is David Baldacci's Absolute Power although I really don't care for anything else he has written, and athough it was really creepy, I absolutely devoured Silence of the Lambs, no pun intended.
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06-28-2004, 06:22 PM
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No one mentioned Dorothy Sayers
 !But I don't think the main posters in this thread are around anymore  .Oh well. New Results: Dorothy Sayers - 1 Sherlock Holmes/Sir A.C.Doyle - 2 Bobbsey Twins - 1 "In Death" - 1 Emma Victor - 1 "One For the Money" - 1 Dick Tracy - 1 P.D.James - 1 Dashiell Hammett - 1 Trixie Beldens - 2 Hardy Boys - 1 "Ceremony In Death" / J.D.Robb - 1 Nero Woolfe / Rex Stout - 1 "The Big Sleep" / Raymond Chandler - 1 Father Brown / G.K. Chesterton - 0 "Knights Gambit" / William Faulkner - 1 Agatha Christie - 3 Edgar Allen Poe - "In Cold Blood" / Truman Capote - 1 Lets keep up the voting for everyone who didn't know this existed! (like me ).I got you two.
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06-28-2004, 08:32 PM
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truman capote's 'in cold blood'
a true classic
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06-28-2004, 08:51 PM
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This is not really my favourite genre, but I do happen to like a few authors like Doyle, Poe, etc. I also like some moderns like Cornwell. However, I suppose I would tend towards Poe.
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06-28-2004, 09:46 PM
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I don't read much "true" crime, but had to read In Cold Blood for school. It was chilling as well as now being a classic.
My favorites include the Trixie Belden series for kids, Dorothy Sayers' and Margaret Maron's books and for their humor, Joan Hess's Claire Malloy and Maggody series. |
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06-28-2004, 09:49 PM
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...and I forgot Sue Henry's series set in Alaska.
I guess i've voted for too many, but can't choose just one.  |
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06-29-2004, 08:23 AM
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I added you in, cee2lee2. Vote for as many as you want (just 1 per person/book, though
)Dorothy Sayers - 2 Sherlock Holmes/Sir A.C.Doyle - 2 Bobbsey Twins - 1 "In Death" - 1 Emma Victor - 1 "One For the Money" - 1 Dick Tracy - 1 P.D.James - 1 Dashiell Hammett - 1 Trixie Beldens - 3 Hardy Boys - 1 "Ceremony In Death" / J.D.Robb - 1 Nero Woolfe / Rex Stout - 1 "The Big Sleep" / Raymond Chandler - 1 Father Brown / G.K. Chesterton - 0 "Knights Gambit" / William Faulkner - 1 Agatha Christie - 4 Edgar Allen Poe - 1 "In Cold Blood" / Truman Capote - 2 Sue Henry - 1 "Clair Malloy" "Maggody"/ Joan Hess - 1 edit: tolkienfan added
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04-02-2005, 06:45 PM
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Is it too late to vote? I would vote for...Agatha Christie!
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Raymond Chandler
I have to say I'm partial to Raymond Chandler. Phillip Marlowe is the private dick! I like Farewell My Lovely, and The Big Sleep the best. I just picked up his unfinished Poodle Springs that was finished by Robert Parker. I'll have to see how it goes after the first four Raymond Chandler chapters to judge.
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02-28-2006, 01:52 PM
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Raymond Chandler is absolutely the bomb. Also, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Truman Capote with In Cold Blood is a good call, and of course, the master thriller storyteller Edgar Allen Poe. This is very difficult, to have to choose just one. I guess it'd be a toss-up between Chandler and Poe. God, this is difficult, choosing only one! So many excellent classic writers.
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