Mark Pghfan’s Comments (group member since Mar 06, 2014)

Mark Pghfan’s comments from the The Parlor PI's group.

I loved the chart at the end. FOrtunately, I bought the book and will use it in the future.

I finally finished the book and really enjoyed it. Though I know Christie very well, I never thought of her in this way. And the author really knows her Christie as well!

We mentioned this earlier and I got the book and started reading. Since we didn't go ahead with it, I turned it back in. I wasn't really into it anyway. I'll probably take August off, though, if you guys want to do it.

I am finally getting through this section. I find the book fascinating and the author really knows her subject and her Christie. For someone like myself who knows a huge amount about Christie, I never thought of her being as current on this sort of thing as she apparently was.

I just finished the ballistics chapter but not yet into the fourth. It was quite enlightening, not so much for the Christie references but for the general background of firearms, which I know little about.

Sorry to be behind in commenting here. Its been busy and the reading has been problematic, especially since I have another book I'm alternating reading with this one.

Anyway, I am just through the second chapter (boy, it was a long one), and finding it very interesting. The author really knows both her subject and her Christie! An interesting side bar to this subject is that I am also taking a class on Sherlock Holmes, with the final class tomorrow. Obviously, the subject of forensic evaluation is very pronounced in those stories, and the presenter is very good with all of that.

The book is helpful as I am HOPEFULLY going to start a mystery novel soon--I've been thinking, plotting and planning it for years--everything but the actual writing. This will help me not make a forensic slip-up.

I am taking a class on Sherlock Holmes. I talked with the instructor yesterday about this book. She said next week, our third of three, will be about forensics!

Here in Pittsburgh, we have had almost no rain for the last month. Expecting some today, but previous forecasts of it were not accurate.

Quiet day today. Went to a small gathering yesterday, though.

I've finished the fingerprint section and am on to the trace material section. While I recognized the various references to fingerprints from the Christie books, I never thought how much she stayed on top of the science of the whole thing. That continues in the next section.

Regarding the Detection Club, I talked a bit about that in the class I've taught called Golden Age Mystery Writers. The did write a number of long and short stories together, to make money for the group. I have a couple of them: The Scoop, The Floating Admiral. They aren't bad, though they do seem to lack some continuity, and the subsequent author may take the story down a different path than originally intended.

I have the book but only have got through the introduction. I'll try to keep moving, but it is a long book!

I've got the book and can start whenever.

I think I'll need to join in as well. I'll try to get it before July!

LovesMysteries: An unusual Christie. The only book not set in contemporary times. Let us know what you think about it.

Sadly, I am not nearly so ambitious. I'll finish my Diva book and continue listening to audio books of Nero Wolfe mysteries. No further plans, but who knows?

Hi, Tina!

I ordered it from the library. There are 5 copies and two ahead of me on the waiting list.

I am OK with taking June off.

I started reading Sweetens the Pie and it somehow seems familiar. We may have read this a while past! Oops!

I just got Diva Sweetens the Pie, by Krista Davis, from the library and it is my next read. We've read some of these in the past and always liked them.