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Old 07-28-2017, 10:38 PM   #91
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I am so glad I am not the only one that read it that way.
Someone take a picture quick. Jon and I are in agreement.
Just so long as no-one takes a picture of Dr Drib in action.
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Old 07-28-2017, 11:40 PM   #92
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Dirty minds think alike.
I have a very clean mind thank you very much.
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Old 07-28-2017, 11:41 PM   #93
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Just so long as no-one takes a picture of Dr Drib in action.
He did already break an ereader with his "nose", but he wouldn't give us a pic of his nose.
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Old 07-29-2017, 01:19 AM   #94
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Just finished listening to John Scalzi's "The Dispatcher", which was an Audible freebie last October. Has a noir-ish feel. And an interesting premise - that 999 out of 1000 times, if a person is murdered, they pop back, naked but otherwise in whatever physical state they'd been in a few hours before their death. Kind of mind-bending to have that plot twist going on in a story that had that gum-shoe feeling. I liked it, and I'm now disappointed to find out it's a standalone. I was hoping it was an intro to a new series!
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Old 07-29-2017, 05:40 AM   #95
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He did already break an ereader with his "nose", but he wouldn't give us a pic of his nose.
Oops!

I must have forgotten that photo!

(I hope you don't mind, but I have a bit of a cold and my nose is somewhat wet.)
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Old 07-29-2017, 09:16 AM   #96
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I've decided the thread title is odd and somewhat perverted. Dr. Dib wants to hard boil a book to then use it to rub it against his cockles to warm them up. Just eeewww!
Yeah, but there's nothing worse than cold cockles! I looked up what cockles are, you REALLY don't want that!
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Old 07-29-2017, 09:27 AM   #97
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Or perhaps he means to hard boil the cockles of his heart, though how to boil the cockles without boiling the whole heart, I don't know.
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Old 07-29-2017, 11:12 AM   #98
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Yeah, but there's nothing worse than cold cockles! I looked up what cockles are, you REALLY don't want that!
You just took all the fun out of it lol.
You are right, cold cockles do not sound good.
And now I have an earworm.
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Old 07-29-2017, 11:53 AM   #99
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I recommend Adam Hall's Quiller series with it's tense, tough as nails suspense, beautifully narrated and expertly crafted plots. Quiller is the main protagonist, a cynic, too-proud professional, with a chip on his shoulder against his employers.
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Old 07-30-2017, 04:38 PM   #100
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I saw it posted in the sleuths thread: maybe Burke's Dave Robicheaux series?
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Old 07-31-2017, 07:17 AM   #101
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Although I also am pretty late to this thread, crazy busy at work right now, I recommend Marvin Albert's Stone Angel series, with a half-French/half-American PI who lives in the south of France. Although the PI, Pete Sawyer (or Pierre-Ange Sawyer in French, which also translates to Stone-Angel in English, hence the series name) isn't perhaps as world-weary as some, they are first person, there's a bit of violence (and NO recipes!) in each, and the gumshoes are pretty worn.

I am perhaps a little biased towards this series because I am a huge Francophile, but it's one of my top five favorite series. Seven of the nine titles are available in ebook from Wildside Press; hopefully the last two will show up someday.

And, just checking, I assume you find Robert B. Parker's Spenser to be too in-touch with his feelings? and with Susan Silverman? Although I'm less enthused about some of the later titles, which (to me, at least) started feeling a little formulaic, I quite like the earlier titles, some of which were finalists for Shamus awards, so can't be too wimpy . And, BTW, Ace Atkins, mentioned on his own upthread, has also done some continuations in the Spenser series....

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Old 07-31-2017, 07:28 AM   #102
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OK, who's idea was it to try to take this thread back on topic?
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Old 07-31-2017, 11:53 AM   #103
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OK, who's idea was it to try to take this thread back on topic?
Apparently someone that doesn't like cooking and the fact some of us read literally when it suits our purposes. Though I am still trying to figure out after googling cockles where they are on the OP.
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Old 07-31-2017, 12:47 PM   #104
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Apparently someone that doesn't like cooking and the fact some of us read literally when it suits our purposes. Though I am still trying to figure out after googling cockles where they are on the OP.
Someone once told me, "If I ever need a heart transplant, I hope I get yours since it seems you have hardly ever used it!".

That was just before I pried his fingers slowly from the rail of the cruiseship from which he was hanging. I didn't understand what he meant, I doubted he would ever need a heart transplant. After I watched him fall silently into the water, I went back to the ballroom, I had a double malt scotch waiting for me.

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Old 07-31-2017, 07:05 PM   #105
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what are the cockles of your heart and why do they need warming?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Big-Quest...061860808.html

Apparently there is such a thing as a "boiled book"
https://www.ritdye.com/2015/08/18/boiled-book/

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