On (22 Dec 96) Robert White wrote to Maureen Goldman...
 MG> Robert Barnard writing as Bernard Bastable.  The detective is
 RW> What is the title, so I can keep an eye out for it. I've read all of
 RW> Barnard's books that I can find and really love his ironic sense of
 RW> humor.
 DEAD, MR. MOZART (not sure about the comma)
 RW> I just finished 'No Sign of Murder' by ALan Russell and found it
 RW> so-so. The hero-detective kind of put me off, his attitude just
 RW> irritated me and he wasn't a very believable character.  This was his
 RW> first book and I've heard so many raves for his later ones like 'The
 RW> Fat Innkeeper' and 'The Hotel
 RW> Detective' that I guess he must have improved immensely in his
 RW> writing. Anyway, I'm still keeping my eyes open for his others to
 RW> judge for myself.
 I'm looking at a mystery set in New Amsterdam, by Maan Meyers.
 Seems to be the third or fourth in a series, though, and I'm
 sure my library hasn't any others.  Am only a short way in.  I
 might stop reading this one and see if I can get the first
 through InterLibrary Loan because I feel uncomfortable getting
 capsulizations about the lives of the characters before this
 point.  That being said, so far I'm finding the style a bit
 florid; still, the setting is certainly unique.
 RW> As it will be nearly Xmas by the time I get back into Calgary and can
 RW> get this U/L'd, I'll wish everybody on the echo the warmest of
 RW> Season's Greetings and my best wishes for the new year!
 You, too!
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