tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post3700851052430576132..comments2023-11-03T06:20:06.604-05:00Comments on Lesa's Book Critiques: Case Pending by Dell ShannonLesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12946133849271512083noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-88565403304940752972020-09-22T07:18:12.669-05:002020-09-22T07:18:12.669-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alandrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564958616469735697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-79349272455363810462020-08-10T09:52:39.895-05:002020-08-10T09:52:39.895-05:00Thanks, everyone. I'm glad some of you are fam...Thanks, everyone. I'm glad some of you are familiar with her under one name or another. "Miranda", I did not know that about Gwendoline Butler's Coffin series. I just read Shannon/Egan/Linington because I enjoy good police procedurals.<br /><br />But, my all-time favorite police procedurals were ones I mentioned to Aubrey Hamilton the other day, Dorothy Simpson's Luke Thanet books.Lesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946133849271512083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-42277052565625171512020-08-10T07:33:28.472-05:002020-08-10T07:33:28.472-05:00She was a member of the John Birch Society; defini...She was a member of the John Birch Society; definitely extremely conservative. Gwendoline Butler, creator of policeman John Coffin, predated her by four years. Her first Coffin book was published in 1956 and the fifth in 1960. In 1962, writing as Jennie Melville, she created policewoman Charmian Daniels ahead of Dorothy Uhnak and others who came slightly after her.Miranda Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214710626330587150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-67159564757238521122020-08-10T05:57:31.571-05:002020-08-10T05:57:31.571-05:00I have all her police procedural books. I started...I have all her police procedural books. I started collecting them way back then. I am not sure which ones I like best of the series but Coffin Corner is one of the funniest!Gramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027824918114690029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-8195325800999714472020-08-09T17:10:36.466-05:002020-08-09T17:10:36.466-05:00I don't think I've read her books but I...I don't think I've read her books but I've certainly heard of Dell Shannon and Leslie Egan. Not sure of the third name, though. I definitely want to read CASE PENDING now.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-72305783667593434322020-08-09T16:40:57.565-05:002020-08-09T16:40:57.565-05:00I owned all of her mysteries at one point. Written...I owned all of her mysteries at one point. Written under the names Lesley Egan, Dell Shannon, and Elizabeth Linington, she turned out a couple a year for awhile. Her plotting was exquisite. Her politics were wildly conservative. I tended to read over and around her more outrageous comments because the mysteries themselves are so very good.Aubreynhamilton@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-60701299050262903812020-08-09T16:01:41.404-05:002020-08-09T16:01:41.404-05:00Never have read this or any of her books. Back und...Never have read this or any of her books. Back under my rock. Kevin R. Tipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170714419133752724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-55264866366192618442020-08-09T13:47:59.488-05:002020-08-09T13:47:59.488-05:00I read a bunch of them when they were coming out, ...I read a bunch of them when they were coming out, I think they were part of the Doubleday Crime Club - did not keep a list of what I was reading them. They were very good. East read. I think I still have one in my bookcase.<br /><br />Thanks Lesa for once again getting us to read even more books.Netteannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700571566066494541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-15670175067312484212020-08-09T11:40:29.217-05:002020-08-09T11:40:29.217-05:00Nann, You're right. It was the Mendoza series ...Nann, You're right. It was the Mendoza series with the twins, etc. Like Sandy, I read quite a few of the books in the 70s. And, Sandy? You're right. They were already dated by I enjoyed the police procedurals & that the team was working on multiple cases at a time.<br /><br />Overall, they were interesting books.Lesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946133849271512083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-27100742739556835272020-08-09T10:36:32.919-05:002020-08-09T10:36:32.919-05:00I read Case Pending years ago. I ran out of books ...I read Case Pending years ago. I ran out of books on a family vacation and my mom gave me a couple of the later books in the series to read. I went back to Case Pending and read the rest of the series. Even back in the 70s the stories were dated but I still enjoyed the mysteries.SandyG265https://www.blogger.com/profile/09063871775065822845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-21187382971658726322020-08-09T09:10:27.865-05:002020-08-09T09:10:27.865-05:00Thanks for highlighting Linington/Shannon, Lesa. ...Thanks for highlighting Linington/Shannon, Lesa. I'm not sure whether it was in the Mendoza series or one of her others that I recall very traditional gender roles--the character whose wife had twins, and statements about how the mother had to stay home.....I'll look this one up. Nannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239289676429380866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-6772153234960295882020-08-09T09:07:49.499-05:002020-08-09T09:07:49.499-05:00Nice review, I read quite a few of Dell Shannon’s ...Nice review, I read quite a few of Dell Shannon’s books in the early nineties, I think this was one of them.shelleyrae @ book'd outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888977858862922561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9995206.post-31734150642261346692020-08-09T08:37:29.081-05:002020-08-09T08:37:29.081-05:00Very interesting!!Very interesting!!Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.com