No Remorse & Blue Bloods (formerly slated as Reagan's Law) … Two Tom Selleck Police Procedurals on the Horizon
Great news for all of you Jesse Stone fans. Another Robert B. Parker movie will be broadcast some time soon. No Remorse will air on May 9, 2010. (Of course, since I don’t work for the network, I am getting this date from the Google-ing I did this afternoon. If anyone else has another date, please let us know.) I have already programmed the movie’s title, Tom Selleck, and Jesse Stone on my Replay machine… so I should know the exact date as soon as it pops up on one of my searches.
I am really looking forward to No Remorse, as I have enjoyed all of the other Jesse Stone movies. And, of course, Tom Selleck in no way makes it difficult to watch! And, I absolutely LOVE Jeff Beal‘s haunting musical score. (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!) Seeing Kathy Baker & William Devane are added bonuses for me.
So, here’s what I found out while searching around for No Remorse >>>
There’s more good news in store for us! CBS is filming a pilot (currently called Blue Bloods >>> formerly called Reagan’s Law) which will be a police procedural starring Tom Selleck as NYPD’s chief of police, whose son (played by Donnie Wahlberg) is a detective. Len Cariou plays Selleck’s father, who was also a policeman, but who is now working for the mayor. Got the picture? A family of generation-after-generation of police officers! Some of you may remember Len Cairou as the man on the Murder, She Wrote TV show who seemed the most likely to have a romantic relationship with Jessica. (Boy, did I ever side-track on that!)
Anyway, it looks like there are some good things in store for all of us mystery lovers out there. Let’s just hope the networks air these shows… and don’t decide that what we really need is YET ONE MORE REALITY SHOW!!!
* * * * *This is not an April Fool’s gag…* * * * *
Spring Break… Activity Time for Even the Adults!
My daughter came home a couple of weeks ago for her spring break. Boy was I glad she was home! My son lives right here in San Antonio, so this was a wonderful family time for the four of us… plus Sprite, makes five!
Unfortunately, now that she lives in Massachusetts, it takes her a whole day to travel to and from school, which of course shaves off two days of her week long break. That’s the breaks! (As “they” say… although I am so “out of it,” I’m not sure “they” still say that!)
My daughter is the designated family member to get us out of the house, enjoying things that San Antonio has to offer. Of course, since she was home for such a short time, that meant one day out. And, of course, with Sprite being so old, that day is shortened to (at the most!) a five hour window of time that we can be away from the house.
I should clarify that we do go out other times, but what I mean by a “day out,” is doing an activity that we enjoyed doing when both of our children were growing up… You know the type… the zoo, museums, caverns, ETC… the types of things that tourists do when they come here.
Unfortunately, her spring break coincided with the spring break of at least the largest school district here in San Antonio… which meant that there were LOTS of people doing the same thing.
We visited a wildlife ranch… which turned out to be… I would guess by the crowds… the most visited place on the day that we chose to go. WOW!!! LOTS of people. LOTS of cars. And, LOTS of animals who had been so over-fed by all of the people in all of the cars, that we were only able to see the few of them who were napping under the closer trees.
The “moral” of this story is: So what if the actual activity turns out to be a bust? What’s important is the time spent with each other… even though a lot of that time was spent (by at least one member>>> who was more than likely me!) complaining about all of the people, all of the cars, and all of the missing animals who were in the clumps of trees taking their siestas.
How about you all? Have any of you been enjoying Spring Break?
Teachers as the Main Sleuths in Mystery Books…
I decided to make the Teachers as Sleuths theme a while ago, during the beginning of the school year. But, I got side-tracked (again!) This theme includes the mystery authors who are included on the Cozy Mystery Site… (Obviously, this theme entry does not include all of the mystery books which have teachers as the primary sleuths.)
Teachers as the Primary Sleuths from mystery books found on the Cozy Mystery site:
Judith Arnold: Lainie Lovett Still Kicking Mystery Series – Grade School Teacher
Donald Bain (& “Jessica Fletcher”): Murder She Wrote Mystery Series – Retired English teacher
Tace Baker (aka Edith Maxwell): Speaking of Mystery Mystery Series – Linguistics Professor
Mignon F. Ballard: Miss Dimple Mystery Series – 1st Grade Teacher
Jo Bannister: Brodie Farrell Mystery Series – Math Teacher
Maggie Barbieri: Murder 101 Mystery Series – English Professor
Laurien Berenson: Melanie Travis Mystery Series – Special Education Teacher
Joan Blacher: Ardis Jensen Mystery Series – Ex University Counselor
Alice Boatwright: Ellie Kent Mystery Series – English Professor
J.S. Borthwick: Deane & McKenzie Mystery Series – English Professor
Gail Bowen: Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series – Poly-Sci Professor
Julia Buckley: Teddy Thurber Mystery Series – English Teacher
Heron Carvic: Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher
Sarah Caudwell: Hilary Tamar Mystery Series – Law Professor
Hampton Charles: Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher
Erika Chase: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series – Reading Specialist
Anna Clarke: Paula Glenning & James Goff Mystery Series – Professors
Melissa Cleary: Dog Lover’s Mystery Series – Film Studies Professor
V. C. Clinton-Baddeley: Cambridge Crime Mystery Series – Retired Professor
Elizabeth Spann Craig (aka Riley Adams): Myrtle Clover Mystery Series – Retired Octogenarian
Hamilton Crane (aka Sarah J. Mason): Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher
Bill Crider: Sally Good Mystery Series – English Professor AND Carl Burns Mystery Series – English Professor
Edmund Crispin: Gervase Fen Mystery Series – English Professor
Amanda Cross: Kate Fansler Mystery Series – English Professor
Kathi Daley: TJ Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery Series – High School
Jeanne M. Dams: Dorothy Martin Mystery Series – Retired Teacher
Lesley A. Diehl: Laura Murphy Mystery Series – Psychology Professor
Joanne Dobson: Karen Pelletier Mystery Series – English Professor
Jan Dunlap: Bob White Birder Murder Mystery Series – High School Counselor
Anthony Eglin: English Garden Mystery Series – Retired Botany Professor
Aaron Elkins: Gideon Oliver Mystery Series – Anthropology Professor
Honora Finkelstein & Susan Smily: Ariel Quigley Mystery Series – English Teacher
“Jessica Fletcher” & Donald Bain: Murder She Wrote Mystery Series – Retired English Teacher
Linda French: Professor Teodora Morelli Mystery Series – History Professor
P. L. Gaus: Ohio Amish Mystery Series – History Professor
Anne George: Southern Sisters Mystery Series – Retired English Teacher
Alexia Gordon: Gethsemane Brown Mystery Series – Music Teacher in Ireland
Paula Gosling: Stryker & Trevorne Mystery Series – English Professor
Margaret Grace: Miniature Mystery Series – Retired English Teacher
Elissa D. Grodin: Edwina Goodman Mystery Series – Physics Instructor
Janice Hamrick: Jocelyn Shore Mystery Series – High School
Maria Hudgins: Dotsy Lamb Travel Mystery Series – Retired History Professor
Mary Ellen Hughes: Maggie Olenski Mystery Series – Math Teacher
Jane Isenberg: Bel Barrett Mystery Series – English Professor
Abigail Keam: Josiah Reynolds, Beekeeper Mystery Series – Ex-History Professor
Diana Killian: Poetic Death Mystery Series – Teacher
Cynthia Kuhn: Lila Maclean Academic Mystery Series – English Professor
Jim Lacey: Ryan/Lehrer Mystery Series – History Professor
Jane Langton: Homer Kelly Mystery Series – History Professor
Marilyn Levinson (aka Allison Brook): Golden Age of Mystery Book Club Mystery Series – Professor
Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Peter Shandy Mystery Series – Botany Professor
Ada Madison (aka Camille Minichino & Margaret Grace): Sophie Knowles Mystery Series – Math Professor
Liesa Malik: Daisy Arthur Mystery Series – Retired Special Education Teacher
Sarah J. Mason (as Hamilton Crane): Miss Seeton Mystery Series – Retired Art Teacher
Sujata Massey: Rei Shimura Mystery Series – English Teacher
Ralph M. McInerny (aka Monica Quill): Notre Dame Mystery Series – Philosophy Professor
Tyora Moody: Eugeena Patterson Mystery Series – Retired Social Studies
Mary Grace Murphy: Noshes Up North Mystery Series – Retired Teacher
Tim Myers (aka Chris Cavender, Casey Mayes, Elizabeth Bright, & Melissa Glazer) Slow Cooker Mystery Series – Instructor of Slow Cooking Techniques
Clare O’Donohue: World of Spies Mystery Series – Hollis and Finn Larsson are college professors who assist Interpol in Ireland.
Bernadette Pajer: Professor Bradshaw Mystery Series – Electrical Engineering Professor
Stuart Palmer: Hildegarde Withers Mystery Series – Retired Teacher
Leigh Perry (aka Toni L.P. Kelner): Family Skeleton Mystery Series – English Professor
Cate Price: Deadly Notions Mystery Series – Retired Teacher
Gillian Roberts: Amanda Pepper Mystery Series – English Teacher
Patricia Rockwell: Pamela Barnes, Acoustic Mystery Series – Psychology Professor
Sarah R. Shaber: Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series – History Professor
Catherine Shaw: Vanessa Duncan Cambridge Mystery Series – Teacher
Susan Smily & Honora Finkelstein: Ariel Quigley Mystery Series – English Teacher
Robert Spiller: Bonnie Pinkwater Mystery Series – High School Math Teacher
Sarah Stewart Taylor: Sweeney St. George Mystery Series – History Professor
Denise Swanson: Scumble River Mystery Series – School Social Worker
Margaret Truman: Smith & Reed Mystery Series – Law Professor
Ann Waldron: Princeton Murders Mystery Series – Writing Professor
Jill Paton Walsh: Imogen Quy Mystery Series – College Nurse
Livia J. Washburn: Fresh-Baked Mystery Series – Retired Teacher
Tracy Weber: Downward Dog Mystery Series – Yoga Instructor
Margaret Yorke: Dr. Patrick Grant Mystery Series – Professor
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