tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post5154475202264300856..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: CLAIRE MACLEARY - CROSS PURPOSE (2017)col2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-61458868138602579162017-07-04T22:09:20.170-07:002017-07-04T22:09:20.170-07:00I've only really looked at it now. I didn'...I've only really looked at it now. I didn't really concentrate on it before, it's okay. It wouldn't make me pick the book up I don't think.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-53935755449109608972017-07-04T22:08:08.995-07:002017-07-04T22:08:08.995-07:00Hope you can find and enjoy it soon.Hope you can find and enjoy it soon.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-68868931425111210222017-07-04T09:13:29.259-07:002017-07-04T09:13:29.259-07:00Get involved, Moira!Get involved, Moira!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-35413867407007374672017-07-04T04:22:41.300-07:002017-07-04T04:22:41.300-07:00Female author, female protagonists - I like the so...Female author, female protagonists - I like the sound...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-88658108836412111682017-07-02T22:20:12.275-07:002017-07-02T22:20:12.275-07:00You might like this one, Elgin.You might like this one, Elgin.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-47178864940874306722017-07-02T16:16:50.054-07:002017-07-02T16:16:50.054-07:00Col – Amateurs taking on a gritty task sounds like...Col – Amateurs taking on a gritty task sounds like a good premise. Like others here, I too enjoy a strong sense of place and local vernacular. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-9792692601795155702017-06-29T23:44:18.854-07:002017-06-29T23:44:18.854-07:00I think you would probably like it, Tracy.I think you would probably like it, Tracy.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-60222871124896975932017-06-29T21:55:20.748-07:002017-06-29T21:55:20.748-07:00The premise of the book sounds good. I may give it...The premise of the book sounds good. I may give it a try.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-83989781609803137962017-06-28T05:55:02.799-07:002017-06-28T05:55:02.799-07:00Oh, and I love the cover.Oh, and I love the cover.noirencyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843963811822980754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-75094417111229928702017-06-28T05:54:43.667-07:002017-06-28T05:54:43.667-07:00Oh, yes: this looks made to order for me. Set in m...Oh, yes: this looks made to order for me. Set in my long-abandoned but fondly remembered hometown, two strong female characters "of a certain age," a twisty plot . . . Yes, yes, yes. Time to go check when it's likely to be released here in the colonies.noirencyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843963811822980754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-31007591081221584742017-06-28T05:18:15.461-07:002017-06-28T05:18:15.461-07:00The setting and the characters were major plusses ...The setting and the characters were major plusses here Margot.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-21015967386675633372017-06-28T04:16:57.155-07:002017-06-28T04:16:57.155-07:00It sounds as though this one has a really solid se...It sounds as though this one has a really solid sense of setting, Col, and I do like that in a book. The PI partnership sounds interesting, too. I can see why you liked this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-64437481124961860822017-06-28T02:33:17.420-07:002017-06-28T02:33:17.420-07:00A fair point, I was a bit skeptical initially, but...A fair point, I was a bit skeptical initially, but she won me over during the course of the novel. A few mis-steps and a bit of naivety on the way, helped and had me believing in her - as opposed to having her revealed as a testosterone-fuelled Magnum PI-type from the get-go.<br /><br />Not sure what the female gender equivalent of a hard-on is! I'll have to Google it!<br /><br /> col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-61749496865973252982017-06-28T02:07:08.340-07:002017-06-28T02:07:08.340-07:00I can't usually suspend belief enough to go al...I can't usually suspend belief enough to go along with improbable plots, like picking up a tough detective agency, when they're in Britain. I need somewhere only imagined from TV like downtown New York/LA etc. <br />Does Maggie have sufficient gender fluidity to have 'a hard-on for the debt collector’s boss'? :)Spade and Daggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447641240079673493noreply@blogger.com