rara-avis@icomm.ca wrote:
> It's just George again, trying to take shortcuts
in
> his research.
>
> I've just received a call for papers on
historical
> crime fiction, but I'm not familiar with any of
the
> names listed. Would anyone consider any of
the
> following hard-boiled?
>
> Mary Jo Adamson; Simon Beauford; Lauren Belfer;
Ann
> Benson; Emily Brightwell; Molly Brown; Fiona
Buckley;
> Karen Rose Cerrone; P.F. Chisholm; Alys Clare;
Dianna
> Day; Dale Futurani; Karen Hooper; Michael
Jecks;
> Sharon Kay; Kate Kingsbury; Stephen Lewis;
Alys
> Kingsbury;
> Stephen Lewlis; Gillian Linscatt; A.E. Marston;
Ann
> McMillan; Margaret Monfredo; Fidelis Morgan;
Robin
> Paige; Owen Parry; Iain Pears; Sharon Kay
Penman;
> Linda S. Robinson; Caroline Roe; Candice Roff;
Laura
> Jak Rowland; Randall Salvis; Kate Sealey; Troy
Soos;
> Rosemary Stevens; Victoria Thompson; Leoney
Tourney;
> Peter Tremayne
>
> I hate to admit it, but I honestly don't think
I
> recognize a single name on that list.
Iain Pears, at least, I recognise. He wrote AN INSTANCE OF
THE FINGERPOST, which was an excellent novel about a possible
death-by-witchcraft in Restoration England. He also writes a
series of mysteries about an art history professor.
I wouldn't call his work hard-boiled so much as hard.
jess
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