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Gumshoe Gallery #868197
02/14/13 01:41 PM
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Seem to recall doing a couple of these way back in the mists of time (when the Needler was a mod, and that's going back some...)

Some elementary exercising of the little grey cells is called for – who created the following detectives?

-1. Kelsey Millhone
-2. Inspector Linley
-3. Miss Marple
-4. Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby
-5. Nancy Drew
-6. John Rebus
-7. Nick and Nora Charles
-8. Hieronymous 'Harry' Bosch
-9. Kurt Wallander
-10. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro

Any personal recommendations for other good detective writers gratefully received... grin


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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868198
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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868201
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I change all my passwords to "incorrect". So whenever I forget, it says, "your password is incorrect".

Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868202
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Great start! wave

Love that series, michelle...!


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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868207
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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868212
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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868228
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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868236
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Sondi, Lex, Fil - bravo


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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868335
02/15/13 06:20 AM
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9. H Mankell. I enjoyed seeing one of his detective stories on PBC.


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Excellent answers! bravo

Gerry - I've just started reading the Wallander books after seeing it on the BBC. They had two versions running more or less at the same time - the original Swedish one, and a UK one starring Kenneth Branagh. To be honest, I preferred the original, even if it meant reading subtitles...

Joan - didn't even realise Carolyn Keene didn't exist until I made this quiz up. Looked on Wiki and saw:

"The character first appeared in 1930; the books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene "

You live and learn... grin


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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868462
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Yes, Haroula! wave


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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868563
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Urban Worrier I saw the BBC version. That was all I could get on my PBC in the USA. I hope they have more.


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Yes Gail!


To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self.
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Re: Gumshoe Gallery [Re: Urban Worrier] #868779
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Well fielded, Koala! smile


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