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FROM: "Eugenia Bryant" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 9:49 AM

I was asked recently for suggestions of mysteries set in New England that
give you a strong sense of place; off the top of my head, I came up with a
handful. When I checked the Fiction_L booklists, I discovered there was one
on Fiction Set in New England [for Setting], but not one specifically for
mysteries. How about suggestions and I will compile the final list?

Kathryn Lasky Knight
Jane Langton
Dennis Lehane
Charlotte MacLeod

While I can come up with others off the top of my head that are set in
Boston, etc., I can't "picture" the setting immediately!

Eugenia

Eugenia Bryant
Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
Morton Grove Public Library
Morton Grove, IL
(847) 965-4220
[removed]@webrary.org
http://www.webrary.org
Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
official Library policy.

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 10:01 AM

Brendan DuBois
Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@webrary.org 06/18/03 09:42AM >>>
I was asked recently for suggestions of mysteries set in New England that
give you a strong sense of place; off the top of my head, I came up with a
handful. When I checked the Fiction_L booklists, I discovered there was one
on Fiction Set in New England [for Setting], but not one specifically for
mysteries. How about suggestions and I will compile the final list?

Kathryn Lasky Knight
Jane Langton
Dennis Lehane
Charlotte MacLeod

While I can come up with others off the top of my head that are set in
Boston, etc., I can't "picture" the setting immediately!

Eugenia

Eugenia Bryant
Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
Morton Grove Public Library
Morton Grove, IL
(847) 965-4220
[removed]@webrary.org
http://www.webrary.org
Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
official Library policy.

FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 10:06 AM

Katherine Hall Page
Linda Barnes
Philip Craig
Susan Conant
Deborah Woodward
Charlotte MacLeod
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

-----Original Message-----
From: Eugenia Bryant [[removed]@webrary.org]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:43 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Mysteries with a Strong Sense of New England

I was asked recently for suggestions of mysteries set in New England that
give you a strong sense of place; off the top of my head, I came up with a
handful. When I checked the Fiction_L booklists, I discovered there was one
on Fiction Set in New England [for Setting], but not one specifically for
mysteries. How about suggestions and I will compile the final list?

Kathryn Lasky Knight
Jane Langton
Dennis Lehane
Charlotte MacLeod

While I can come up with others off the top of my head that are set in
Boston, etc., I can't "picture" the setting immediately!

Eugenia

Eugenia Bryant
Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
Morton Grove Public Library
Morton Grove, IL
(847) 965-4220
[removed]@webrary.org
http://www.webrary.org
Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
official Library policy.

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 10:33 AM

Perhaps Jane Langton's Homer Kelly series? I haven't read them, but I know
they seem to be popular.

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FROM: "Jeanne Etling" <[removed]@nsls.info>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 10:45 AM

Kathryn,

Francine Matthews mysteries featuring Meredith Folger
Philip Craig's Martha's Vineyard series

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

FROM: "McCabe, Deborah" <[removed]@uwsp.edu>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 10:56 AM

Cynthia Riggs' "Martha's Vineyard" mysteries featuring nonagerian Victoria Trumbull: Deadly Nightshade; Cranefly Orchid Murders

David Handler's new series featuring Mitch Berger & Desiree Mitry: Cold Blue Blood; Hot Pink Farmhouse

Deborah M. McCabe, Assistant Director
Portage County Public Library
1001 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
715-346-1296
http://library.uwsp.edu/pcl/

FROM: [removed]@SLS.LIB.IL.US
REC'D: 6/18/03, 1:09 PM

Nantucket Diet Murders, by Victoria Rich

and the Home Repair is Homicide series set in Maine, by Sarah Graves

Brenda O'Brien
Woodridge Public Library

FROM: Mary Van Dyke <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 1:41 PM

Margaret Miles has a marvelous mystery series set in colonial MA
around the 1660's.

Mary Van Dyke
Glenview (IL) Public Library

FROM: "Susan Williams" <[removed]@dekalblibrary.org>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 2:35 PM

Irene Allen, author of four mysteries with a Quaker bent. The first three
are set in Cambridge, Mass, but apparently the fourth takes place in
Seattle, a bit off the New England path.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Eugenia Bryant" <[removed]@webrary.org>
To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:42:44 -0500
Subject: Mysteries with a Strong Sense of New England

> I was asked recently for suggestions of mysteries set in New England
> that
> give you a strong sense of place; off the top of my head, I came up
> with a
> handful. When I checked the Fiction_L booklists, I discovered there
> was one
> on Fiction Set in New England [for Setting], but not one specifically
> for
> mysteries. How about suggestions and I will compile the final list?
>
> Kathryn Lasky Knight
> Jane Langton
> Dennis Lehane
> Charlotte MacLeod
>
> While I can come up with others off the top of my head that are set in
> Boston, etc., I can't "picture" the setting immediately!
>
>
> Eugenia
>
>
> Eugenia Bryant
> Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
> Morton Grove Public Library
> Morton Grove, IL
> (847) 965-4220
> [removed]@webrary.org
> http://www.webrary.org
> Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily
> reflect
> official Library policy.
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: Mary Van Dyke <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 3:25 PM

Correction: Margaret Miles' mysteries are set in the 1760s not
the 1660s--I had a senior moment.

Mary Van Dyke
Glenview (IL) Public Library

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Mary Van Dyke wrote:

>
> Margaret Miles has a marvelous mystery series set in colonial MA
> around the 1660's.
>
> Mary Van Dyke
> Glenview (IL) Public Library
>
>
>

FROM: "Christine Dalphy" <[removed]@geneva.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 3:25 PM

>I was asked recently for suggestions of mysteries set in New England
>that
>give you a strong sense of place. How about suggestions and I will
compile the final list?
>

Margaret K. Lawrence mysteries (Hearts and Bones; Blood Red Roses;
The Burning Bride) set in post-Revolutionary War Maine have a strong
sense of place.

Christine Dalphy
Geneva Public Library
[removed]@geneva.lib.il.us

FROM: Susan Gottesman <[removed]@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 6/18/03, 6:16 PM

Archer Mayor has a series of books that take place in Vermont. Although,
the last book The Sniper's Wife takes one of the characters from Vermont and
sends him to New York.

Susan Gottesman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To sit alone in the lamplight with a book
spread out before you and hold intimate converse
with men of unseen generations -- such is a pleasure
beyond any compare.
--Yoshida Kenko

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugenia Bryant" <[removed]@webrary.org>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 10:42 AM
Subject: Mysteries with a Strong Sense of New England

> I was asked recently for suggestions of mysteries set in New England that
> give you a strong sense of place; off the top of my head, I came up with a
> handful. When I checked the Fiction_L booklists, I discovered there was
one
> on Fiction Set in New England [for Setting], but not one specifically for
> mysteries. How about suggestions and I will compile the final list?
>
> Kathryn Lasky Knight
> Jane Langton
> Dennis Lehane
> Charlotte MacLeod
>
> While I can come up with others off the top of my head that are set in
> Boston, etc., I can't "picture" the setting immediately!
>
>
> Eugenia
>
>
> Eugenia Bryant
> Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
> Morton Grove Public Library
> Morton Grove, IL
> (847) 965-4220
> [removed]@webrary.org
> http://www.webrary.org
> Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
> official Library policy.
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>

FROM: "Janice Doxtator" <[removed]@fibernetcc.com>
REC'D: 6/19/03, 8:54 AM

Did anyone mention Archer Mayor's fine series set in Vermont, featuring
police detective/chief? Joe Gunther?

Jan Doxtator
Stevens Point, WI 54481

FROM: Erin Kelly <[removed]@mail.pratt.lib.md.us>
REC'D: 6/19/03, 9:56 AM

Michelle Blake's series of Lily Connor mysteries is set in Boston;
the first book in particular gives a very clear picture of the city.

Erin Kelly

Information Services
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Baltimore, MD
(410) 396-5440
[removed]@mail.pratt.lib.md.us

FROM: "Sarah L. Nesbeitt" <[removed]@eiu.edu>
REC'D: 6/19/03, 10:01 AM

If historical mysteries are acceptable to your patron, how about any of
Stephen Lewis' mysteries of colonial times. They're set in a fairly
strict Puritan community in the 17th century, and the heroine (a
midwife) is based on Anne Hutchinson.

(1) The Dumb Shall Sing
(2) The Blind in Darkness
(3) The Sea Hath Spoken

I'd also recommend Robert J. Begiebing's The Strange Death of Mistress
Coffin, set in Puritan-era New Hampshire, though it's a bit more
literary. If you want a strong sense of New England, though, it fits.

Sarah L. Nesbeitt
Librarian & Assistant Professor, Reference Services
Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920, USA
[removed]@eiu.edu | (217) 581-7538 | www.historicalnovelsociety.org

FROM: "Waznis, Betty" <[removed]@sdcounty.ca.gov>
REC'D: 6/19/03, 6:48 PM

The historical mysteries by Margaret Lawrence, set in Maine right after the Revolutionary War, have a strong sense of place. They are Hearts and Bones, Blood Red Rose, The Burning Bride and The Iceweaver.

Betty Waznis
San Diego County Library

FROM: "Carol Kubala" <[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 6/23/03, 2:28 PM

I hope you will compile this list for the group. Thank you.

--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Columbia/Saxton B. Little Free
Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569

Eugenia Bryant wrote:

> I was asked recently for suggestions of mysteries set in New England that
> give you a strong sense of place; off the top of my head, I came up with a
> handful. When I checked the Fiction_L booklists, I discovered there was one
> on Fiction Set in New England [for Setting], but not one specifically for
> mysteries. How about suggestions and I will compile the final list?
>
> Kathryn Lasky Knight
> Jane Langton
> Dennis Lehane
> Charlotte MacLeod
>
> While I can come up with others off the top of my head that are set in
> Boston, etc., I can't "picture" the setting immediately!
>
> Eugenia
>
> Eugenia Bryant
> Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
> Morton Grove Public Library
> Morton Grove, IL
> (847) 965-4220
> [removed]@webrary.org
> http://www.webrary.org
> Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
> official Library policy.
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org

FROM: Hanover Public Library <[removed]@hanover.ca>
REC'D: 6/23/03, 3:43 PM

Have you tried the series by Sarah Graves, set in New England.

Carol Kubala wrote:

> I hope you will compile this list for the group. Thank you.
>
> --
> Carol Kubala
> Adult Services Librarian
> Columbia/Saxton B. Little Free
> Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569
>
> Eugenia Bryant wrote:
>
> > I was asked recently for suggestions of mysteries set in New England that
> > give you a strong sense of place; off the top of my head, I came up with a
> > handful. When I checked the Fiction_L booklists, I discovered there was one
> > on Fiction Set in New England [for Setting], but not one specifically for
> > mysteries. How about suggestions and I will compile the final list?
> >
> > Kathryn Lasky Knight
> > Jane Langton
> > Dennis Lehane
> > Charlotte MacLeod
> >
> > While I can come up with others off the top of my head that are set in
> > Boston, etc., I can't "picture" the setting immediately!
> >
> > Eugenia
> >
> > Eugenia Bryant
> > Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
> > Morton Grove Public Library
> > Morton Grove, IL
> > (847) 965-4220
> > [removed]@webrary.org
> > http://www.webrary.org
> > Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
> > official Library policy.
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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FROM: "Eugenia Bryant" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 6/24/03, 1:28 PM

Here is the compiled list of authors [submitted by Fiction_L'ers] who write
mysteries with a strong sense of New England:

Allen, Irene. Quaker Witness; Quaker Testimony, Quaker Silence [set in
Cambridge, Mass.]
Barnes, Linda. [series featuring Boston cab driver and private eye Carlotta
Carlyle]
Begiebing, Robert J. The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin [set in
Puritan-era New Hamsphire; literary]
Blake, Michelle. [series of Lily Connor mysteries set in Boston]
Conant, Susan. [a Dog Lover's mystery series set in Cambridge, Mass.]
Craig, Philip. [Martha's Vineyard series]
DuBois, Brendan. [series with retired agency man and occasional journalist
Lewis Cole; set in New Hampshire]
Graves, Sarah. [Home Repair Is Homicide series set in Maine]
Handler, David. Cold Blue Blood; Hot Pink Farmhouse [new series featuring
Mitch Berger and Desiree Mitry]
Kelly, Susan. [former English professor writer Liz Connors mystery series,
set in Cambridge, Mass.]
Knight, Kathryn Lasky [mystery series with Cambridge, Mass., children's book
illustrator Calista Jacobs]
Langton, Jane. [Homer Kelly series, set in Cambridge, Mass.]
Lawrence, Margaret. Hears and Bones; Blood Red Roses; The Burning Bride;
The Iceweaver [set in post-Revolutionary-War Maine]
LeHane, Dennis. [series with Boston private investigator Patrick Kenzie]
Lewis, Stephen. The Dumb Shall Sing; The Blind in Darkness; The Sea hath
Spoken [set in a strict Puritan community in the 17th century with a midwife
heroine]
MacLeod, Charlotte. [the Peter Shandy mystery series; the Sarah Kelling
mystery series; probably many more :-)]
Matthews, Francine. [mysteries featuring Meredith Folger]
Mayor, Archie. [police detective/chief Joe Gunther series set in
Brattleboro, Vermont]
Miles, Margaret. [mystery series set in colonial Massachusetts]
Page, Katherine Hall. [Faith Fairchild mystery series set in Massachusetts
- minister's wife and caterer]
Rich, Virginia. Baked Beans Supper Murders; Nantucket Diet Murders [Eugenia
Potter cooking mystery series]
Riggs, Cynthia. Deadly Nightshade; Cranefly Orchid Murders [Martha's
Vineyard mysteries]
Taylor, Phoebe Atwood. [Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery series]

Eugenia Bryant
Assistant Director, Head of Public Services
Morton Grove Public Library
Morton Grove, IL
(847) 965-4220
[removed]@webrary.org
http://www.webrary.org
Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect
official Library policy.

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