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echo: mystery
to: DEBBIE SHANKER
from: FRED RUNK
date: 1997-01-24 17:52:00
subject: Books

-=>While in the White Hart, Debbie Shanker explained to Fred Runk that<=-
 DS> It's a novel. But the adventures are all held together by 
 DS> one main theme..the threat of her husband coming back for 
 DS> revenge. Despite the threat, her life goes on.
Glad to hear that.  
 > The second book in a series frequently is weaker than the first--
 > SBS or > Second Book Syndrome.  
 DS> The adventures just seemed more interesting the first time around.
Element of surprise is missing the second time around, I would suppose.
 
 >  DS> Gideon  Oliver series for years, but his last two haven't been as
 >  DS> good as the first few in the series. In this new one,
 >  DS> murder takes place on a Tahitian coffee plantation. The
 
 > Did that make it to TV for a couple of seasons?  It sounds
 > familiar.  In the  > TV series, I think he was black?
 DS> Yes, I believe  it was made into a short series but didn't 
 DS> last long. I had watched the series on TV and never even 
 DS> realized it was connected to the books!
I wasn't aware of any books either--don't think there was ever a mention of
them.  Were the TV scripts taken from the books or created especially for
TV?
... Truth is rarely pure, and never simple.  -Oscar Wilde-
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