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echo: mystery
to: BELLE BIJOU
from: DENNIS MENARD
date: 1996-06-11 17:54:00
subject: Re: Cornwell

 -[ Quoting Belle Bijou , to Dennis Menard ]-
 BB> nuts.  I do not know one single person, much less a policeman in his
 BB> 40's, who actually says, "YO!"  Her niece is another one whose dialogue
 BB> doesn't ring true.
This issue of dialogue is a good deal of what leaves me cold regards the
appeal of P.D.James, as well.  Ah well, I suppose we cannot all appreciate
the same things.
 BB> A few weeks ago I read Paretsky's WINDY CITY BLUES, a collection of
 BB> short stories that she has written over a long period of time.  They
 BB> seemed much richer to me - especially the characterizations of her
 BB> secondary players.
I haven't read "Windy City Blues," yet ... though I've read all the other
books in her series, the last being "Tunnel Vision."  Still waiting for her
latest to arrive in paperback ... now anticipating it after your favourable
comment.  :)
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