tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post2205462014736926847..comments2024-03-28T13:27:46.447-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: “F” is for Female Fictional LawyersBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-71570306326803907492023-01-21T06:09:34.983-06:002023-01-21T06:09:34.983-06:00I'm so glad you decided to review mysteries, a...I'm so glad you decided to review mysteries, and share your thoughts about Saskatchewan mysteries with your readers. It is difficult to find good Saskatchewan mysteries in the US, so I appreciate your work. <br />- <a href="https://www.sanantonionurseattorney.com/nursing-license-defense/brownsville-nurse-attorney/" rel="nofollow">Brownsville Nurse Attorney</a>Nicolas Harrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05013324719121668947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-8128581206545457612021-10-10T14:20:00.741-06:002021-10-10T14:20:00.741-06:00Thanks for the comment. I have not followed upon R...Thanks for the comment. I have not followed upon Rosenberg.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-91726600461727962682021-10-09T13:50:29.668-06:002021-10-09T13:50:29.668-06:00I have been racking my brain, trying to remember N...I have been racking my brain, trying to remember Nancy Taylor Rosenberg's name for days. Thank you for mentioning her and relieving me from the search! I haven't seen any new books by her in a good while. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-831341027395991372019-01-05T00:54:49.363-06:002019-01-05T00:54:49.363-06:00It was wondering if I could use this write-up on m...It was wondering if I could use this write-up on my other website, I will link it back to your website though.Great Thanks. <a href="http://www.lemonlawattorneyinla.com/" rel="nofollow">lemon law attorney los angeles</a>Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114479635982380752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-90745705460779145522013-08-05T07:07:28.391-06:002013-08-05T07:07:28.391-06:00You forgot Marlene Ciampi, the female lead in the ...You forgot Marlene Ciampi, the female lead in the Bob Tannenbaum Butch Karp series. <br />MKBARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697266186661407498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-54849900029858394822013-05-26T06:44:27.981-06:002013-05-26T06:44:27.981-06:00Anne H.: Thanks for the additional comment.Anne H.: Thanks for the additional comment.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-66671559748444840372013-05-23T16:59:27.496-06:002013-05-23T16:59:27.496-06:00Before I put the McKemmish book back on the shelve...Before I put the McKemmish book back on the shelves,this quote from it, some of my favourite lines in all crime fiction,may amuse you:<br />'They look like a couple of gangsters to me,'I say,'but they're only lawyers dancing.'Anne Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-32992258319696484062013-05-15T00:53:43.728-06:002013-05-15T00:53:43.728-06:00i thought it needed a URL as well. Now I see it d...i thought it needed a URL as well. Now I see it doesn't. These particular ones do vary. I would much rather be consistently myself. Thanks for that, Bill! Also for your interesting posts.Anne Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-75447882374038809152013-05-14T21:03:50.390-06:002013-05-14T21:03:50.390-06:00Anne H.: Thanks for the comment and additional inf...Anne H.: Thanks for the comment and additional information on McKemmish.<br /><br />I was surprised you cannot post under your name. What happens when try to post under your name?Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-65068836338319226742013-05-14T01:44:16.754-06:002013-05-14T01:44:16.754-06:00McKemmish isn't a crime writer strictly speaki...McKemmish isn't a crime writer strictly speaking, and her only other novel is a sort of post-modern feminist spy thriller. Great fun, actually - they both are. Since I posted this morning I've re-read half of this book and still like it very much. Not much has changed in twenty years in Sydney,or it's said, in two hundred.<br />I wouldn't rush to read anything by Frances Fyfield, but need to mention that she has a second legal female character, Sarah Fortune.<br />Also I can't post here under my name as I usually do - Anne H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-74627276275613161292013-05-13T22:54:28.832-06:002013-05-13T22:54:28.832-06:00Anonymous: Thanks for the comment. I had not heard...Anonymous: Thanks for the comment. I had not heard of McKemmish.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-54972730876517379792013-05-13T22:53:07.493-06:002013-05-13T22:53:07.493-06:00Bernadette: Thanks for the comment. You have added...Bernadette: Thanks for the comment. You have added several good authors. Coroners have not been required to be lawyers in Canada but it is now rare to find one who is not a lawyer.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-58293200933310077712013-05-13T22:50:54.313-06:002013-05-13T22:50:54.313-06:00Prashant: Thanks for the reminder of Reggie Love i...Prashant: Thanks for the reminder of Reggie Love in the Client. I enjoyed the book and the movie.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-54605158418740693262013-05-13T22:47:12.439-06:002013-05-13T22:47:12.439-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I had not heard ...Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I had not heard of Wesson. She sounds like an interesting writer. I enjoy legal mysteries but it is not difficult to ration myself. I just have to read some office files.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-48879628131932934932013-05-13T22:44:12.344-06:002013-05-13T22:44:12.344-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I admire the numbe...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I admire the number of authors working to add the perspective of being a female in a legal situationBill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-16807003118358915392013-05-13T22:35:42.101-06:002013-05-13T22:35:42.101-06:00TracyK: Thanks for the comment. I did not think of...TracyK: Thanks for the comment. I did not think of Frances. I regret to say I have not read her books.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-47643862700494541342013-05-13T19:14:45.423-06:002013-05-13T19:14:45.423-06:00Another one from Australia:
Anne Stevens in Only L...Another one from Australia:<br />Anne Stevens in Only Lawyers Dancing by Jan McKemmish, a very stylish, very Sydney crime novel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-84872392985078887552013-05-13T05:03:02.054-06:002013-05-13T05:03:02.054-06:00A great topic Bill and looks like some good sugges...A great topic Bill and looks like some good suggestions for me to track down<br /><br />the only additional ones I can think of are<br /><br />Lily Forrester is a district attorney then a judge in Nancy Taylor Rosenberg's series of 4 novels starting with <i>Mitigating Circumstances</i><br /><br />M.R. (Matthew) Hall has written several novels featuring Welsh Coroner Jenny Cooper (this is a legal position in the UK) <br /><br />and a novel I just reviewed for <a href="http://fairdinkumcrime.com/2013/05/03/review-harry-curry-the-murder-book-by-stuart-littlemore/" rel="nofollow">Fair Dinkum Crime</a> called <i> Harry Curry: The Murder Book</i> by Stuart Littlemore has two lawyers at the centre of action, one of whom is a woman called Arabella Engineer. I liked the book a lot Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-80054425603187122272013-05-13T04:42:55.098-06:002013-05-13T04:42:55.098-06:00Bill, this is a very nice post. The only female fi...Bill, this is a very nice post. The only female fictional lawyer I can think of is "The Client" by John Grisham. I don't remember her name. I read the novel long before I saw the movie where her character is played by Susan Sarandon. Thank you for all the links.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-45247006302338411572013-05-13T03:15:53.621-06:002013-05-13T03:15:53.621-06:00There's also Nina Reilly, attorney, featured i...There's also Nina Reilly, attorney, featured in the series by sisters writing as Perri O'Shaughnessy.<br /><br />And a series featuring a woman attorney named Lucinda Hayes by Marianne Wesson. This took me a while to find as I'd forgotten the name of the author in this Colorado-based series. However, Stop! You're Killing Me has terrific indexes and I found this under the Law/Legal category.<br /><br />There are a lot more actually. The more I searched, the more I found but wasn't going to list any series I hadn't read. <br /><br />I love the genre of legal mysteries, and could spend every day reading these books unless I discipline myself to venture further into the crime fiction world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-80919421618733897742013-05-12T20:14:20.559-06:002013-05-12T20:14:20.559-06:00Bill, I saw the title of your post first and took ...Bill, I saw the title of your post first and took a few minutes to try to call to mind some fictional female lawyers with very little luck: Frances Fyfield's Helen West was the only one who came to mind. Clearly I don't read enough legal mysteries. <br /><br />This is a very interesting topic. Now that your post refreshes my memory... I do have one of the Lia Matera books that I can try. I have read one of the books in Lisa Scottoline’s series. And I have the Sarah Caudwell series to read.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-37959593075297936502013-05-12T15:48:34.780-06:002013-05-12T15:48:34.780-06:00Bill - What an interesting post! And thank you for...Bill - What an interesting post! And thank you for sharing those articles. you're right too that there are a number of fictional attorneys out there, and I think they add an interesting and important perspective to cases. I will be looking forward to your discussion of them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com