tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post7272596288560324107..comments2024-03-29T08:45:57.792-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Settingpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-407645753492205862015-12-29T09:19:22.180-05:002015-12-29T09:19:22.180-05:00Patti, you might try NIGHTMARE RANGE, the collecti...Patti, you might try NIGHTMARE RANGE, the collection of Sueno & Bascom short stories by Martin Limon. Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53904914222608265352015-12-29T08:31:19.897-05:002015-12-29T08:31:19.897-05:00I really like Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway se...I really like Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway series, for the setting as much as anything else. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-1453115827275303892015-12-28T20:33:23.976-05:002015-12-28T20:33:23.976-05:00I agree, the Sueno & Bascom series is great. I...I agree, the Sueno & Bascom series is great. I have only read the first two, and hope to get to Buddha's Money early in 2016.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74688082581109512522015-12-28T20:03:01.795-05:002015-12-28T20:03:01.795-05:00Someone reminded me of one I'd forgotten that ...Someone reminded me of one I'd forgotten that could be at the top of the list:<br /><br />Martin Limon's excellent Sueno & Bascom series set in South Korea. It is a real eye opener.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-45296214857441967472015-12-28T18:34:54.374-05:002015-12-28T18:34:54.374-05:00Anyone who has been in Southern California when th...Anyone who has been in Southern California when the Santa Ana winds were blowing can understand the setting for Chandler's story "Red Wind".Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88450280438626508252015-12-28T16:53:05.268-05:002015-12-28T16:53:05.268-05:00Oh, mercy, thanks Tracy and Patti for N'awlins...Oh, mercy, thanks Tracy and Patti for N'awlins. John Kennedy Toole.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36435555635974314012015-12-28T16:24:20.187-05:002015-12-28T16:24:20.187-05:00I remember visiting Frances Parkinson Keys house a...I remember visiting Frances Parkinson Keys house and thinking yes, this is what she wrote about in New Orleans. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-72441608223996239642015-12-28T16:06:49.349-05:002015-12-28T16:06:49.349-05:00The Indigo Necklace by Frances Crane. Set in New O...The Indigo Necklace by Frances Crane. Set in New Orleans right after WWII. Even though the books was written in the 1940s and my husband and I visited (before we were married) in the late 1970s, the description of the French Quarter in the book sounded just like the place we had stayed and the places we visited. The mystery plot was not that great, but I loved the setting.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-60024531336038273512015-12-28T14:59:30.205-05:002015-12-28T14:59:30.205-05:00Go in winter! It's worth the challenges.Go in winter! It's worth the challenges.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-5285069577890629812015-12-28T14:57:12.165-05:002015-12-28T14:57:12.165-05:00Love the books. My husband yearns to go to Iceland...Love the books. My husband yearns to go to Iceland.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31391355714948013212015-12-28T14:51:31.629-05:002015-12-28T14:51:31.629-05:00There are so many great examples, but if I must ch...There are so many great examples, but if I must choose one, I offer Arnaldur Indridason's Icelandic mysteries featuring the weary detective, Erlandur. The Icelandic settings as rendered by Indridason are perfectly integrated into the plotting and characterization. If you haven't experienced Iceland via Indridason's Erlandur, you are missing out on a great reading adventure. (Of course, I could be a bit biased since I lived in Iceland for nearly 2 years.)RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-47134353491964798212015-12-28T13:43:19.873-05:002015-12-28T13:43:19.873-05:00I just read Shann Ray's American Copper and se...I just read Shann Ray's <i>American Copper</i> and setting was critical, and handled masterfully.<br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070278104646895235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37960455514731807042015-12-28T13:12:59.961-05:002015-12-28T13:12:59.961-05:00I always like the Detroit in Loren Estleman's...I always like the Detroit in Loren Estleman's Amos Walker mysteries.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69993419853021916942015-12-28T13:04:01.470-05:002015-12-28T13:04:01.470-05:00Ross Macdonald's California. Also Chandler'...Ross Macdonald's California. Also Chandler's.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85981907994068013032015-12-28T12:47:54.896-05:002015-12-28T12:47:54.896-05:00Daniel Woodrell's Ozarks.
Crider's Blackli...Daniel Woodrell's Ozarks.<br />Crider's Blacklin County.Gerard Saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69102575175752782532015-12-28T11:28:12.604-05:002015-12-28T11:28:12.604-05:00Hillerman's Four Corners country, James Lee Bu...Hillerman's Four Corners country, James Lee Burke's Louisiana, and small-town Midwest of James Jones.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26209319538699108672015-12-28T11:12:56.066-05:002015-12-28T11:12:56.066-05:00Yes, the Galway of Ken Bruen's books.Yes, the Galway of Ken Bruen's books.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-83627683805716239692015-12-28T10:39:03.869-05:002015-12-28T10:39:03.869-05:00Setting is tremendously important to me.Setting is tremendously important to me.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13364648738808582015-12-28T10:30:25.301-05:002015-12-28T10:30:25.301-05:00Ireland in Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor stories whe...Ireland in Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor stories where the setting actually becomes part of Taylor's character.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27770658494597463392015-12-28T09:43:46.800-05:002015-12-28T09:43:46.800-05:00A lot of good choices here, including the Christie...A lot of good choices here, including the Christies, the Hillermans and the Craig Johnsons, and the SHINING house. The Edinburgh of Ian Rankin's Rebus books is another. Also, Maigret's Paris. And Andrea Camilleri's Sicily.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-39104447544291317382015-12-28T09:16:55.447-05:002015-12-28T09:16:55.447-05:00That hotel haunts me today. And the house in PSYCH...That hotel haunts me today. And the house in PSYCHO as well as the Bates Motel. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28276087512753636722015-12-28T09:16:05.815-05:002015-12-28T09:16:05.815-05:00YES!YES!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49719799940371312732015-12-28T09:13:32.990-05:002015-12-28T09:13:32.990-05:00Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE and EVIL U...Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE and EVIL UNDER THE SUN. Both set in old houses/hotels on islands where access to the mainland is limited. P.D. James locates several of her mysteries near bluffs or cliffs--and you know the steep drop is going to play a part! And, although I'm not a big Stephen King fan, the Colorado hotel in THE SHINING becomes a character itself in the book.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-44358324215810812722015-12-28T08:57:36.252-05:002015-12-28T08:57:36.252-05:00WUTHERING HEIGHTS wouldn't have been the same ...WUTHERING HEIGHTS wouldn't have been the same without those wild, desolate moors. Nor would the killings occur in THE GREAT GATSBY without the Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg staring at you.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-407731034165573612015-12-28T08:40:55.830-05:002015-12-28T08:40:55.830-05:00And certainly Tony Hillerman and Craig Johnson. And certainly Tony Hillerman and Craig Johnson. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com