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FROM: Dottie MacKeen <[removed]@bellatlantic.net>
REC'D: 12/4/00, 9:24 PM

I have a patron who is looking for mysteries set in these locations (She
has read Midnight in the Garden) to get herself mentally ready for a trip
to the area. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance - you people are fantastic.

Dottie

FROM: Vicki Nesting <[removed]@bellsouth.net>
REC'D: 12/4/00, 10:15 PM

Maureen Tan's "Jane" series (AKA Jane, Run Jane Run) is set in Savannah.
If your patron is willing to spread out a little from Savannah and
Charleston, she might also consider Carolyn G. Hart's "Murder on Demand"
mysteries, set off the South Carolina coast, and Charlaine Harris'
Aurora Teagarden series, set in Lawrenceton, GA. And there are a number
of series set in Atlanta, if you think she's be interested in those.


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Vicki Nesting, Regional Branch Librarian
St. Charles Parish
East Regional Library
Destrehan, Louisiana
[removed]@stcharles.lib.la.us
[removed]@bellsouth.net

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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 12/5/00, 1:45 AM

The Alibi by Sandra Brown is set in Charleston.
Cynthia Parker

FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 12/5/00, 9:04 AM

Here are 3 set in Charleston:
MURDER IN THE CHARLESTON MANNER, by Patricia H. Sprinkle
SOUTHERN CROSS, by Stephen Greenleaf
WOMAN WITHOUT A PAST, by Phyllis Whitney


Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
<[removed]@mpl.org>

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 12/5/00, 12:01 PM

At 10:26 PM 12/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a patron who is looking for mysteries set in these locations (She
>has read Midnight in the Garden) to get herself mentally ready for a trip
>to the area. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Thanks in advance - you people are fantastic.
>
>Dottie


Allen Hubin's CRIME FICTION bibliographies include an index by setting.

In CRIME FICTION II: 1749-1990, I find the following titles set in
Charleston (and not yet mentioned):

Carr, John Dickson - Dark of the moon
Clark, Philip - The dark river <and> Flight into darkness
Edwards, Cassie - Love's legacy
Fleming, Thomas J- Dreams of glory
Ford, Leslie - Road to folly
Hayward, Richard - Soft arms of death
Long, Lydia Belknap - House of the deadly nightshade
Macomber, Daria - Clearing in the fog
Mitchell, Isaac - Asylum
O'Farrell, William - Causeway to the past
Robinson, Patricia - Something to hide
Ross, Ann B - Murder cure


Unfortunately, Savannah does not rate its own listing in Hubin (though
he does list some 65 titles under "Georgia" exclusive of Atlanta, which
does have its own listing). From titles, the only two I can verify are

Dykes, Lew - Savannah score
Pendleton, Don - Savannah seesaw

both of which are old paperback originals in "men's action" serieses.

A later edition of Hubin, extending coverage through 1995, is
available only on cdrom:

http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/catalog.htm

CRIME FICTION III: A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1749-1995
by Allen J. Hubin.

Completely revised and updated from CRIME FICTION II, which covered works
published through 1990, this massive
bibliography indexes by author, title, series character and setting over
94,000 detective and mystery novels and collections.
Includes author, title and contents lists of stories in single author
collections, and an index of films derived from the books and
stories.
$49.95


Probably someone on this list has access to this (and perhaps Savannah
will have been "promoted" in the interim).

Allan, who is local and uses our library, is working on a fifth edition
(covering through 2000) which he claims will be the last one he's going
to do. While he'd like to see a hardback edition, the likelihood is
that this one will also be available only as a cdrom.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Elizabeth Manar <[removed]@galegroup.com>
REC'D: 12/5/00, 3:05 PM

set in Charleston

Brown, Sandra. The Alibi (1999)
Farrow, David A. Root of All Evil (1997)
Greenleaf, Stephen. Southern Cross (1993)
Lott, Bret. The Hunt Club: A Novel (1998)
Sprinkle, Patricia Houck. Murder in the Charleston Manner (1990)

These titles were found using the the Custom Search: Genre/Story Type =
Mystery and Location = Charleston in What Do I Read Next? online

set in Savannah
Tan, Maureen. AKA Jane (1997)

This title were found using the Custom Search: Genre/Story Type = Mystery
and Location = Savannah in What Do I Read Next? online

Elizabeth Manar
Contributing Editor, What Do I Read Next?

"The views, opinions, and judgments expressed in this message are solely
those of the author. The message contents have not been reviewed or approved
by the Gale Group."

-----Original Message-----
From: Dottie MacKeen [[removed]@bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 10:26 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Looking for mysteries set in Savannah or Charleston


I have a patron who is looking for mysteries set in these locations (She
has read Midnight in the Garden) to get herself mentally ready for a trip
to the area. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance - you people are fantastic.

Dottie

FROM: "Melissa Norton" <[removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us>
REC'D: 12/5/00, 4:15 PM

PALINDROME by Stuart Woods; a thriller with lots of atmosphere, set on
Cumberland Island, Georgia
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Melissa Norton [removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us
Asst. Librarian & Webmaster www.bridgton.lib.me.us
Bridgton Public Library
65 Main St.
Bridgton ME 04009
207-647-2472
-----Original Message-----
From: Dottie MacKeen <[removed]@bellatlantic.net>
To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Monday, December 04, 2000 10:27 PM
Subject: Looking for mysteries set in Savannah or Charleston


>I have a patron who is looking for mysteries set in these locations (She
>has read Midnight in the Garden) to get herself mentally ready for a trip
>to the area. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Thanks in advance - you people are fantastic.
>
>Dottie
>
>
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 12/5/00, 5:02 PM

I think some of Kelsey Roberts' Harlequin Intigues are set in Charleston
ands/or Savannah.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Martha Garbison" <[removed]@denver.lib.co.us>
REC'D: 12/5/00, 6:08 PM

Delirium of the Brave by William Charles Harris...set in Savannah and very similar to the style of "Midnight" with more political overtone...

Martha Garbison, Senior Librarian
Burnham Hoyt Room
Denver Public Library

FROM: "Barbara Scanio" <[removed]@gwmail.plano.gov>
REC'D: 12/14/00, 2:30 PM

Tamar Myers' latest Den of Antiquity mystery has the motley crew going to Savannah.

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