On (23 Dec 96) Fred Runk wrote to Maureen Goldman...
 MG> Same here.  There are several well-known mystery writers whose
 MG> works I won't touch for that reason.
 FR> Who are some?
 Elizabeth George, Steven Saylor, and Patricia Cornwell have
 violence that is far too graphic for me.  I like Dick Francis,
 but he has a few books that deal with mistreatment of animals
 that amounts to torture; this isn't enough to make me stop
 reading the author's works, but I'm more careful.
 MG> I prefer my mysteries to have victims who are killed but not
 MG> hurt.  Well, okay, by the time they realize that they've been
 MG> hurt, they're dead.  (*I* know what I mean.)
 FR> I think I understand.  
 FR>  Just wish to take this opportunity to wish one and all
 FR>                              SEASON'S GREETINGS
 You, too.
... "I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause."
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