tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post2089980449200031986..comments2024-03-28T01:36:51.952-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: Canada's Arthur Ellis 2012 Short ListsBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-9604039644574111002012-06-11T21:55:55.468-06:002012-06-11T21:55:55.468-06:00kathy d.: Thanks for the comment. You have provide...kathy d.: Thanks for the comment. You have provided a good review in your comment. I also thought it was an outstanding book. I do not think authors should shift plots to avoid issues.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-76060175666223560632012-06-10T21:52:21.069-06:002012-06-10T21:52:21.069-06:00I just finished I'll See You in My Dreams, qui...I just finished I'll See You in My Dreams, quite a feat by William Deverell.<br /><br />It has everything I look for in a good legal mystery, great issues brought up, crackling courtroom dislogue, compelling characters (some of them likeable, some not) -- and lots of laugh-out-loud wit.<br /><br />Also, on the issues, I was so glad to see Deverell championing the cause of the Canadian Indigenous peoples and revealing some of the heinous history of their mistreatment.<br /><br />My only worry was how those in the LGBT community would feel about some of the gender issues.<br />I wonder about that.<br /><br />All in all, I was delighted by the book. Am looking for more books with Arthur Beauchamp. <br /><br />This is the only book of Deverell's in my library system, however, I see that Abe Books has April Fool, so I will get that.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-9053215903424197742012-04-20T13:09:23.653-06:002012-04-20T13:09:23.653-06:00Maxine: Thanks for the comment. There is no need t...Maxine: Thanks for the comment. There is no need to rush. I find the Deverell books are not dependent on being read close to the time of being written. They read well whenever I get to them.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-54942796942156499022012-04-20T13:08:06.979-06:002012-04-20T13:08:06.979-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. The books listed l...Margot: Thanks for the comment. The books listed look forward to meeting you.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-29168136594558346722012-04-20T13:06:16.126-06:002012-04-20T13:06:16.126-06:00John: Thanks for the comment. I think we are a hig...John: Thanks for the comment. I think we are a high point for quality mystery writing in Canada and other countries.<br /><br />I consider choosing Arthur Ellis as the name for Canadian Mystery Awards an inspired choice.<br /><br />The story of the name has a kind of delicious creepiness.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-2941342520752314522012-04-20T13:02:58.197-06:002012-04-20T13:02:58.197-06:00Kerrie: Thanks for dropping by the blog.Kerrie: Thanks for dropping by the blog.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-24043392822265121742012-04-20T07:31:38.063-06:002012-04-20T07:31:38.063-06:00I am planning to read more by William Deverell at ...I am planning to read more by William Deverell at some point, but so far have only read the first in the series, so it will take me a while to catch up to this one.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-15127550224988355712012-04-20T05:22:32.791-06:002012-04-20T05:22:32.791-06:00Bill - Thanks for sharing this. There's an ent...Bill - Thanks for sharing this. There's an entire group of authors here that I haven't yet had the chance to "meet."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-1252253564326047332012-04-20T03:43:40.986-06:002012-04-20T03:43:40.986-06:00BTW - I love that award and the history of who Art...BTW - I love that award and the history of who Arthur Ellis was is even more interesting.<br /><br />"1865 – Arthur B. English was born in England. He was the cousin of England’s official hangman John Ellis. Arthur English became the hangman in the Middle East and South Africa. English then became the Official Executioner for the Dominion of Canada in 1913. His pseudonym was Arthur Ellis. He officiated at 549 executions. He died in 1938 and is buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery, Quebec. Arthur Ellis continued to be the pseudonym of the Canadian Executioner until the last execution in 1962, and abolition of capital punishment in 1976." - from the Windsor Jail website.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-68623818854659459412012-04-20T03:36:51.419-06:002012-04-20T03:36:51.419-06:00These writers are among the very overlooked crowd....These writers are among the very overlooked crowd. We rarely get any of them published in US editions. Louise Penny, Alan Bradley and Peter Robinson are the only writers I know in all these lists. Always an education for me in contemporary crime fiction when I stop by your blog!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-38686329204863948572012-04-20T01:02:24.915-06:002012-04-20T01:02:24.915-06:00Thanks for these lists BillThanks for these lists BillKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.com