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This Particular Entry about Mystery Book Series Gets A WHOLE Lot of Canned Ham Substitute!

December 7, 2009

What is going on here!?! I am absolutely floored by how much “canned ham substitute” I am currently receiving from “people” about a particular entry that I posted way back in August of 2009. (I am referring to the senders as “people” >>> They are more than likely computer programs out on “missions” to get the owners’ trashy links posted on the internet.)

The post I wrote about is… well, let me see… I probably should not mention the title again, so I am going to pretend that Pat Sajak and Vanna White are asking your help in providing some of the missing vowels:  “I’m Finally Posting the Ch*rch Ch*ir Mystery Book Series…”

I am absolutely shocked by how many “people” are sending me this “canned ham substitute” trying to get me to post their comments about this entry. (I get +/- twenty of them a day!) There are a whole bunch of “people” who don’t even have “their” letters written in the alphabet system that I am familiar with… “Their” symbols look like they could be the Cyrillic alphabet, but since I don’t know that particular alphabet system, I am not sure.

And, of course, there are a lot of “canned ham substitutes” that deal with … adult situations. (Although I don’t know any adults who are interested in those particular types of “situations”… at least I hope I don’t!)

The reason that I am so incredulous about this is the subject matter of my entry. For those of you not willing to play the Vanna/Pat game… the first “*” is “u” and the second “*” is “o”. Can you imagine why that sort of entry would elicit so much unsolicited garbage? I certainly can’t!

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An English Murder… a PERFECT British Mystery Book Set During Christmas

December 5, 2009

I recently finished a really good Christmas theme mystery book… An English Murder. It was such a treat to read this book, and it certainly made me a Cyril Hare fan!

It is set in a British estate, which incidentally becomes snow-bound. It has a cast of possible future victims, or is it a cast of future culprits?

One of the (almost) cast of characters is the snow, of which there is a WHOLE LOT! And of course, there is the loyal butler who has worked for the mansion’s/estate’s family for years and years, and then even more years! He is loyal to the nth degree…

What would the very upper class British family be without a “black sheep” son?!? Oh, and don’t forget about the non-British guest in the house… along with the “black sheep” son’s childhood companion, and other guests with lots of motives and secrets.

Cyril Hare‘s An English Murder was a real delight for me to read, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is craving a little snow-bound Christmas mystery. The only bad thing about this book is that it may be difficult to locate>>> I would definitely check with your library and get on the waiting list right now!

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Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle… Not a Mystery Book, but Definitely a Holiday Movie

December 2, 2009

OK, OK! I know that Debbie Macomber isn’t a mystery book author. But I also know that there are several people who read the Cozy Mystery Site who are avid Debbie Macomber fans. So  for those of you Debbie Macomber fans>>> I want to tell you about the Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle movie, which the Hallmark network will be showing.

Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle will premier this Saturday (December 5) at 8:00, and then air “in a row” or “back to back” for the next six hours. That is to say that the Hallmark channel will be showing it at 8:00, 10:00, and then again at midnight. It will also air on Sunday during the Hallmark channel’s 8:00 movie line-up time. (All times are in the evening.)

I know this because I am one of the few people who own a Replay DVR machine (which I absolutely love!!! AND which UNFORTUNATELY they are no longer selling.) But because I have one of the few Replays out there, I can look through different television channel line-ups quite easily. (The Replay is to the Tivo what Betamax was to the VHS machine, or the 8-track tapes were to cassettes. One of them had to fail…)

Anyway, I have not seen the movie, nor have I read the novel, so I cannot vouch it. But, I can say that the wonderful Doris Roberts is in it, and it looks like a “feel good” holiday movie… I will definitely be DVR-ing it…. on my Replay!

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Short Mystery Fiction Society 2009 Derringer Awards:

November 30, 2009

Congratulations to all of those nominated AND to those who won! The Short Mystery Fiction Society announced the winners of the 2009 Derringer Awards:

2009 Derringer Award Best Flash Story (1,000 Words or Less):
No Flowers for Stacey by Ruth McCarty   (Tied Winner)
No Place Like Home by Dee Stuart   (Tied Winner)
A Killing Season by J.F. Benedetto
Black Pearls by James C. Clar
Rainy Day Fund by J.K. Cummins
Incident in Itawamba by Gary Hoffman
This Bird has Flown by BV Lawson

2009 Derringer Award Best Short Story (1,001 – 4,000 Words):
The Cost of Doing Business by Michael Penncavage (Winner)
Independence Day by Allan Leverone
Regrets, I’ve Had a Few by Allan Leverone
Taste for It by Sophie Littlefield
Stalkers by Lew Stowe
Wishing on Whores by John Weagly

2009 Derringer Award Best Long Story (4,001 – 8,000 Words):
The Quick Brown Fox by Robert S. Levinson (Winner)
Bonnie and Clyde Caper by O’Neil De Noux
The Big Score by Chris Holm
The Art of Avarice by Darrell James
Dead Even by Frank Zafiro

2009 Derringer Award Best Novelette (8,001 – 17,500 Words):
Too Wise by O’Neil De Noux (Winner)
Haven’t Seen You Since the Funeral by Ernest B & Alice A. Brown
Vegetable Matters by Terry W. Ervin II
Jack Best and the Line in the Sand by Steve Olley
Panic on Portage Path by Dick Stodghill

2009 Recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement:
Clark Howard

This will be the last post about mystery book awards for a little while. (I have gotten so far behind on the 2009 award postings.)

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