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FROM: "Fiction_L Administrator" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 4/21/04, 1:42 PM

Hi All!

I'm looking for humorous mystery suggestions that would be good for my
mystery discussion group for our August selection. Based on experience,
this may not work, but I'm willing to give it a shot again. My not-so-great
experience was with One for the Money (I did this one with my singles book
group), where once everyone had said they liked it or they didn't, there
really wasn't anywhere else to go with it. My title ideas so far are Murder
with Peacocks by Donna Andrews, The Hearse You Came In On by Tim Cockey, and
Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George. Any suggestions for titles
that have worked for your book groups?

Thanks, and please excuse the cross-posting!
Patti Cheney
Adult Services Librarian
Romeo District Library
Washington, MI

FROM: "Warner, Deb" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/21/04, 4:02 PM

Bill Fitzhugh Fender Benders very funny, about country music, what
someone will do for fame and success, is it right to cover up for a murderer
if the victim is a scumbag, etc

Bill Fitzhugh Heart Seizure a man whose mother needs a heart transplant
steals one that a powerful politician has used influence to get for himself
(or his family I forget). I haven't read this but if if it's anything like
Fender Benders it'll be both funny and provocative

note: Fitzhugh wrote Mtchstick Men, from which the recent film was made

Sarah Shankman I Sill Miss My Man But My Aim Is Getting Better a
stand-alone about the creative process (writing country music), old
musicians sharing with newer artists, angelic and demonic interference,
love gone wrong... Hell, it's worth it for the title alone.

FROM: "Lesley K" <[removed]@rpl.lib.ar.us>
REC'D: 4/21/04, 4:59 PM

How about Donna Andrews other series, beginning with YOU"VE GOT
MURDER? Not as funny as the Meg Langslow mysteries, but there will be
*lots* to discuss.

At 01:38 PM 4/21/04 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All!
>
>I'm looking for humorous mystery suggestions that would be good for my
>mystery discussion group for our August selection. Based on experience,
>this may not work, but I'm willing to give it a shot again. My not-so-great
>experience was with One for the Money (I did this one with my singles book
>group), where once everyone had said they liked it or they didn't, there
>really wasn't anywhere else to go with it. My title ideas so far are Murder
>with Peacocks by Donna Andrews, The Hearse You Came In On by Tim Cockey, and
>Murder on a Girls' Night Out by Anne George. Any suggestions for titles
>that have worked for your book groups?
>
>Thanks, and please excuse the cross-posting!
>Patti Cheney
>Adult Services Librarian
>Romeo District Library
>Washington, MI
>
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FROM: "Tom Morse" <[removed]@netzero.net>
REC'D: 4/21/04, 9:39 PM

Man with an Axe
A Detective Sergeant Mulheisen Mystery
First Published: March 1998
Grove Press, trade paperback
"Through five novels, Jackson's Fang Mulheisen series quietly established
itself as perhaps the toughest, most darkly comic, consistently superior
American procedural on the market. Then, with the publication of DEAD FOLKS
(1996), the chorus of critical praise grew to a crescendo, and the word was
finally out. Now comes number seven, and there is no reason to stop
shouting." Booklist/February 15, 1998/ Mr. Jackson stands right up there
with the best chroniclers of urban crime." The New York Times Book
Review
This series features a funny character and there are funny lines throughout,
it isn't Monty Python... but the mystery /procedural elements are very tight
I enjoyed what I have read very much,
I thought your group might like him... the New York Times and so did...
Tom Morse
GSLIS student

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Warner, Deb
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 5:00 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: re: funny mysteries for discussion

Bill Fitzhugh Fender Benders very funny, about country music, what
someone will do for fame and success, is it right to cover up for a murderer
if the victim is a scumbag, etc

Bill Fitzhugh Heart Seizure a man whose mother needs a heart transplant
steals one that a powerful politician has used influence to get for himself
(or his family I forget). I haven't read this but if if it's anything like
Fender Benders it'll be both funny and provocative

note: Fitzhugh wrote Mtchstick Men, from which the recent film was made

Sarah Shankman I Sill Miss My Man But My Aim Is Getting Better a
stand-alone about the creative process (writing country music), old
musicians sharing with newer artists, angelic and demonic interference,
love gone wrong... Hell, it's worth it for the title alone.

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/22/04, 7:49 AM

My favorite humorous mysteries are Charlotte MacLeod's (she also writes as
Alisa Craig). The Sarah Kelling/Max Bittersohn series overflows with
eccentric relatives, while the Peter Shandy series is set in and around an
agricultural college where funny and murderous things happen. As Craig,
there are the Grub-and-Stakers (Dittany Henbit/Osbert Monk) and Insp. Madoc
Rhys series.

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FROM: "Carol Kubala" <[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 4/22/04, 9:43 AM

Not necessarily laugh out loud funny but the Alexander McCall Smith No.
1 Ladies Detective Agency mysteries are charming and give me a chuckle.
I think they could make an interesting book discussion. Setting and
character are strong, and a comparison to Agatha Christie could be an
angle. If this has been mentioned, my apologies.

--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Saxton B. Little Free Library
319 Route 87
Columbia, CT 06237
Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569

FROM: Patti Cheney <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 5/4/04, 6:18 PM

Hi All!

Below is the compiled list of humorous mysteries for
discussion. My group chose The Hearse You Came In On
by Tim Cockey. Thanks for all your help!

Take care!
Patti Cheney
Adult Services Librarian
Romeo District Library
Washington, MI

Humorous Mystery Suggestions for Discussion Groups

Andrews, Donna Murder with Peacocks
Andrews, Donna You’ve Got Murder
Cockey, Tim The Hearse You Came In On
Cohen, Jeff For Whom the Minivan Rolls
Colt, Jennifer The Butcher of Beverly Hills
Colt, Jennifer The Mangler of Malibu Canyon
Daheim, Mary bed and breakfast series
Davidson, Diane Mott Goldy Bear series
Davis, Lindsey Marcus Didius Falco series
Davis, Marne D. Nothing But Gossip
Dietz, Denise Footprints in the Butter
Dorsey, Tim anything
Evanovich, Janet anything
Fiffer, Sharon Killer Stuff
Fitzhugh, Bill Fender Benders
Fowler, Earlene anything
Frommer, Sara H. Joan Spencer series
Garcia, Eric Anonymous Rex
George, Anne Murder on a Girls’ Night Out
Graham, Carolyn Murder at Maddingly Grange
Hayden, L. C. What Others Know
Hayter, Sparkle Revenge of the Cootie Girls
Hess, Joan Maggody series
Jackson, Jon Man with an Axe
MacLeod, Charlotte anything
Martin, Nancy Dead Girls Don’t Wear Diamonds
McBride, Susan Blue Blood
McCall Smith, A. No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Page, Katherine H. Faith Fairchild series
Shankman, Sarah I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is
Getting Better
Sims, Joan Plague Doctor
Swanson, Denise Scumble River series
Todd, Carolyn Exit Strategies
Wiprud, Brian Sleeping with the Fishes
Woolverton, Fred Poisoned Again

May 2004



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