Joan Tuckey (1:342/1015) wrote to DOROTHY REYNOLDS at 11:31 on 31 Aug 1996:
 JT> A really funny one by Sharon McCrumb called "If I'd Killed Him When
 JT> I Met Him". When I got home I got another of hers out of our
 JT> library called "If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O" - it wasn't funny
 JT> at all. I also ready "Tom Clancy's Op-Centre: Mirror Image". It was
 JT> like reading a movie script - exciting though.
Joan, I couldn't help but comment on your perception of Sharyn McCrumb's 
books.  Like you, I thought "If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him" funny but it 
didn't have a lot of substance.  In fact, I'm not sure any of her Elizabeth 
MacPherson books do.
"If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O" on the other hand has a lot of meat as 
does "She Walks These Hills".  They may be mystery novels but they capture a 
sense of place and time which I find fascinating.  I'm still waiting for my 
local bookstore to come up with a copy of "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" 
but I suspect I'll like it.
  
Take care,
Steven Horn
Moderator CAN_SYSLAW
E-mail shorn@yknet.yk.ca _or_ shorn@web.net 
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