I'm sure that Sue Grafton will also figure it out...whether she goes to numbers, or to double letters (
AA is for Aardvark strikes me as an excellent title
), or just starting over again at the beginning of the alphabet, as Mary Daheim plans to do...
Mary Daheim has two series, the alphabetical "Alpine XXX" and another series set in a bed-and-breakfast. Both are what I would call cozy, although the B&B one is a bit cozier than the Alpine series, IMO. I seem to remember in a previous post you indicated a taste towards more hard-boiled...neither of these series is that.
Personally, I've read the first 10 or 12 or so in each series, but gradually dropped them as my tastes seem to have evolved more towards historicals, police procedurals, and mysteries set in places/cultures that interest me. Still, both series run to many many titles, still with major publishers, so something is working right with them. (And the fact that both series are still with major publishers, and thus have what are IMO ridiculous prices for backlist titles has also contributed towards my drift away...)
Hope this helps...
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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
This is disturbing news. I've been reading Sue Grafton since she came out with her first book in her alphabet series. At one point, I even had a number of Uncorrected Galleys, but I sold those, along with her first 5 books for a nice hefty sum.
I've never read anything by Mary Daheim. Are they any good?
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