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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/4/03, 11:49 AM

Not sure if anyone is still collecting these (from a thread of a couple
weeks ago), but I just read or reread two more mystery novels in which
the crime being solved is from the fairly distant past of the characters:

Robert Barnard's recent THE SKELETON IN THE ATTIC has protagonist buying
a house in a neighborhood where, on vacation, he once played as a child;
he finds the skeleton of an infant in an unused portion of the attic
and it becomes obvious that the group of kids, now adults, who were
once his playmates (and are now in some cases dead or scattered about
the country) have a guilty secret in relation to the infant's death.

Anthony Boucher's THE CASE OF THE SEVEN SNEEZES involves the murder of
a bridesmaid in a 1915 wedding party. Twenty-five years later the
mismatched group of friends and relations who made up the party are
to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary on an island off the
California coast--but they soon find themselves marooned on the island,
and realize that the killer is one of them and is becoming active
again. Boucher's series detective, Fergus O'Breen, has to solve both
the 1915 and the "current" (1940) cases. The book was published in
1942 and is one of four novels (and a couple short stories) featuring
O'Breen.

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

FROM: Lynne Welch <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/4/03, 12:10 PM

Two more for the archives:
Gina Wilkins wrote a couple of category romances which
involve twins murdered in 1921; case solved 75 years later:

A Valentine Wish, pub. Feb. 1996 Harlequin Temptation #576
A Wish for Love, pub. June 1996 Harlequin Temptation #592

At 12:40 PM 2/4/2003, Dennis Lien wrote:
>Not sure if anyone is still collecting these (from a thread of a couple
>weeks ago), but I just read or reread two more mystery novels in which
>the crime being solved is from the fairly distant past of the characters:

Lynne Welch - Reference Librarian
Herrick Memorial Library - Wellington OH 44090
tel. 440-647-2120 fax 440-647-2103
email: <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
website: <www.wellington.lib.oh.us>

FROM: "Sheila Berke" <[removed]@mdpls.org>
REC'D: 2/4/03, 12:21 PM

This may have been mentioned long ago (I just joined the listserv), but
there's always the classic "Daughter of Time" by Josephine Tey, in which
hospitalized detective Alan Grant solves the historical case of Richard
III's alleged murder of the nephews in the Tower.

Sheila E. Berke
Collection Management Librarian
Miami-Dade Public Library System
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130-1523
Tel.305.375.5184 Fax.305.375.3048
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From: "Dennis Lien" <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: mysteries solved after passage of time

> Not sure if anyone is still collecting these (from a thread of a couple
> weeks ago), but I just read or reread two more mystery novels in which
> the crime being solved is from the fairly distant past of the characters:
>
> Robert Barnard's recent THE SKELETON IN THE ATTIC has protagonist buying
> a house in a neighborhood where, on vacation, he once played as a child;
> he finds the skeleton of an infant in an unused portion of the attic
> and it becomes obvious that the group of kids, now adults, who were
> once his playmates (and are now in some cases dead or scattered about
> the country) have a guilty secret in relation to the infant's death.
>
> Anthony Boucher's THE CASE OF THE SEVEN SNEEZES involves the murder of
> a bridesmaid in a 1915 wedding party. Twenty-five years later the
> mismatched group of friends and relations who made up the party are
> to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary on an island off the
> California coast--but they soon find themselves marooned on the island,
> and realize that the killer is one of them and is becoming active
> again. Boucher's series detective, Fergus O'Breen, has to solve both
> the 1915 and the "current" (1940) cases. The book was published in
> 1942 and is one of four novels (and a couple short stories) featuring
> O'Breen.
>
> Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
>
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FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 2/4/03, 12:31 PM

Also Jon Talton's Concrete Desert which takes place in Phoenix.

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> [removed]@tc.umn.edu 02/04/03 10:40AM >>>
Not sure if anyone is still collecting these (from a thread of a couple
weeks ago), but I just read or reread two more mystery novels in which
the crime being solved is from the fairly distant past of the characters:

Robert Barnard's recent THE SKELETON IN THE ATTIC has protagonist buying
a house in a neighborhood where, on vacation, he once played as a child;
he finds the skeleton of an infant in an unused portion of the attic
and it becomes obvious that the group of kids, now adults, who were
once his playmates (and are now in some cases dead or scattered about
the country) have a guilty secret in relation to the infant's death.

Anthony Boucher's THE CASE OF THE SEVEN SNEEZES involves the murder of
a bridesmaid in a 1915 wedding party. Twenty-five years later the
mismatched group of friends and relations who made up the party are
to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary on an island off the
California coast--but they soon find themselves marooned on the island,
and realize that the killer is one of them and is becoming active
again. Boucher's series detective, Fergus O'Breen, has to solve both
the 1915 and the "current" (1940) cases. The book was published in
1942 and is one of four novels (and a couple short stories) featuring
O'Breen.

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

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FROM: "Laurie Roberts" <[removed]@netscope.net>
REC'D: 2/4/03, 8:50 PM

Thank you for these additional titles, Dennis. I will add them to the list
I've compiled but not yet had time to post. It will appear shortly, but I'm
always interested in more, anytime they come to mind. Thanks to everyone
for the many wonderful titles shared.

Laurie S. Roberts
Tazewell County Public Library (VA)

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Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:40 PM
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Subject: mysteries solved after passage of time

Not sure if anyone is still collecting these (from a thread of a couple
weeks ago), but I just read or reread two more mystery novels in which
the crime being solved is from the fairly distant past of the characters:

Robert Barnard's recent THE SKELETON IN THE ATTIC has protagonist buying
a house in a neighborhood where, on vacation, he once played as a child;
he finds the skeleton of an infant in an unused portion of the attic
and it becomes obvious that the group of kids, now adults, who were
once his playmates (and are now in some cases dead or scattered about
the country) have a guilty secret in relation to the infant's death.

Anthony Boucher's THE CASE OF THE SEVEN SNEEZES involves the murder of
a bridesmaid in a 1915 wedding party. Twenty-five years later the
mismatched group of friends and relations who made up the party are
to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary on an island off the
California coast--but they soon find themselves marooned on the island,
and realize that the killer is one of them and is becoming active
again. Boucher's series detective, Fergus O'Breen, has to solve both
the 1915 and the "current" (1940) cases. The book was published in
1942 and is one of four novels (and a couple short stories) featuring
O'Breen.

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

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