December / Crime Fiction Poll

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

I am really looking forward to reading that one! :)

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You could always close the thread early Scher, whilst 'The Big Sleep' is ahead! ;)

I'm voting for The Big Sleep because I know it's in my library [not all of them are]. Crime fiction's not really my thing but I'll try and join in this time.

The Big Sleep it is (for me, that is)! :)

I can download it but will have to think about it, since I do not mind paying Amazon for what I want to keep, but what I might like to read only once and then dispose of is another matter--not that I cannot suffer a stroll to the library, but it is getting cold, and I am not partial to the Parkway in bad weather; it is a semi-dangerous thoroughfare for powerchair users.

Of course you can tell me to shut up already and make up my own mind ;). Not that I do not like the genre, mind you, but I'd like it to be a read I'd want to return to.

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I decided to pass, for now; my plate is full and I have non-paying projects I am neglecting, but with the two year rule in mind maybe I will pull up the thread when I want to indulge higher end popular fiction, since I've never read Chandler.

the books is very convoluted, as was the movie which was shot in two versions. It is now on disc with the different versions on either side. In fact, the book and movie were convoluted enough so that one of the murders is never solved. When making the movie, Chandler was called and asked who did in so and so. His reply was, "I don't really know." And the title, a euphemism for death, really has nothing to do with the book.

I'd go with And Then There Were None. Haven't read that in a long time :)

Going once...