tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post4388880748034303528..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Hard Case Crime's New Publicationpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-55993604151732463012013-02-10T05:00:27.220-05:002013-02-10T05:00:27.220-05:00Thanks, Jeff. Sorry to be so (uncharacteristicall...Thanks, Jeff. Sorry to be so (uncharacteristically, I hope) touchy. It's of course fine not to like this book or the whole genre the book belongs to -- I don't like police procedurals and that's not a slur against them, I just don't happen to find them interesting. You're certain entitled not to like S&M stories or erotica or domestic suspense or whatever it is you don't like that you think this book is. <br /><br />But I will say this: not liking police procedurals almost led me to decide not to pick up Lawrence Block's insanely brilliant Matt Scudder detective novels (which aren't police procedurals, but I read that Scudder was an ex-cop and assumed they were), and that would have been one of the biggest mistakes of my reading life. SECRET LIVES may be similar, in that you may be surprised by what it is and what it isn't. <br /><br />Or not. It won't kill you not to pick up up, and if you do pick it up you might dislike it exactly as much as you're expecting. I mostly just want to make sure people give it a fair shot.Charles Ardaihttp://www.hardcasecrime.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-89582295083962606702013-02-10T03:00:24.835-05:002013-02-10T03:00:24.835-05:00I'll be looking for this!I'll be looking for this!Tom K Masonhttp://comics.gearlive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-82865806799666883642013-02-09T13:33:22.164-05:002013-02-09T13:33:22.164-05:00I'll be buying and reviewing this. I'm alw...I'll be buying and reviewing this. I'm always happy to discover a great new writer.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-33332445082594941152013-02-09T10:19:28.506-05:002013-02-09T10:19:28.506-05:00I was teasing (maybe that wasn't obvious, but ...I was teasing (maybe that wasn't obvious, but I was) about Block. We all have certain genres and sub genres that we like or don't and books that do or don't appeal to us. Most Hard Case Crime books I've read have certainly been in the "yes" category for me. (There is only one I can remember reading that I didn't like, a very small percentage.)<br /><br />I have no doubt this book is well written and will probably appeal to a lot of your readers but it is just not for me and if that's my loss, as you put it, so be it. I'll look forward to the next selection..<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-90634262023545866962013-02-08T22:22:35.473-05:002013-02-08T22:22:35.473-05:00Yes, Jeff, 100% sure she's not Lawrence Block....Yes, Jeff, 100% sure she's not Lawrence Block. Google her name if you want to find more information about her (including photos). I've known her nearly 25 years, and in all that time she hasn't once been Lawrence Block.<br /><br />As for "Either way, I'll pass," all I can say is, your loss. It's one of the best-written books we've ever had the privilege to publish. That's no guarantee that you'd like it, of course. But dismissing it casually would be a mistake.<br />Charles Ardaihttp://www.hardcasecrime.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56167317129125680602013-02-08T19:20:18.203-05:002013-02-08T19:20:18.203-05:00Great news.Great news.Katherine Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696623795926663895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27534499479539622342013-02-08T17:48:18.799-05:002013-02-08T17:48:18.799-05:00Are we sure "she" is not Lawrence Block?...Are we sure "she" is not Lawrence Block?<br /><br />Either way, I'll pass.<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-39448568338919738142013-02-08T16:44:20.818-05:002013-02-08T16:44:20.818-05:00"Wald is only the second female author ever t..."Wald is only the second female author ever to write a book for Hard Case Crime"<br /><br />!Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-7415626490364304592013-02-08T16:43:37.069-05:002013-02-08T16:43:37.069-05:00As I've mentioned here before, women have been...As I've mentioned here before, women have been finding their own erotica for quite some time.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com