tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post8455773339320102357..comments2024-03-26T23:45:35.573-04:00Comments on Typings: Emma Lathen's Double, Double, Oil and Troublereesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-62911265990358308542021-12-29T05:21:10.057-05:002021-12-29T05:21:10.057-05:00Super blogSuper blogRajani Rehanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439571117569471650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-32912472006028136062021-12-28T13:05:40.898-05:002021-12-28T13:05:40.898-05:00Yeah, there's less of Trinkam and Miss Corsa a...Yeah, there's less of Trinkam and Miss Corsa and almost no Ev Gabler in this one, which is kind of a bummer.<br /><br />She (They?) are great at seeing how actual people interact with organizational issues. It's a definite rare strength.<br /><br />I need to figure out how to get hold of some more.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-69157998239385107242021-12-28T12:44:40.820-05:002021-12-28T12:44:40.820-05:00This one was just okay to me because the familiar ...This one was just okay to me because the familiar series characters aren’t around – bon vivant Charlie Trinkam, cautious Ev Gabler and the formidable Miss Corsa. But the scene where Thatcher is delivering the ransom was suspenseful. What I like about Emma Lathen is her assumption that it's rare among specialists to understand deeply both their specialty and management of human beings. Her stories are often about the quirks of organizational behavior brought on by changes like success, growth, or management shuffles.Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05038437416575948282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-84364784995929378522021-12-26T14:45:40.839-05:002021-12-26T14:45:40.839-05:00I find it a fun one. It's a good reason to pok...I find it a fun one. It's a good reason to poke around!reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-62653341480852940992021-12-25T21:12:19.926-05:002021-12-25T21:12:19.926-05:00I think about doing the European Reading Challenge...I think about doing the European Reading Challenge every year. You've done well with it this year, I think.Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-84368132575412451402021-12-22T16:26:22.637-05:002021-12-22T16:26:22.637-05:00Sometimes they get reissued but you never know. Th...Sometimes they get reissued but you never know. The Brits seem to do better at reissuing.<br /><br />Most of my old mysteries like this come from charity sales at the University of Toronto in the fall. 6 for $5 (Canadian!) Except they haven't held the sales the last two years so my pile is running low...reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-52252608075332462162021-12-22T15:33:19.609-05:002021-12-22T15:33:19.609-05:00Were it not for you and Major Yammerton, I would n...Were it not for you and Major Yammerton, I would not have heard of this series either. It sounds very good and like a good way to time travel back to the political and financial world of the last half of the last century. So much has changed, at least on the surface. Human motivations haven’t changed at all, I’d wager.<br /><br />I would love to see a publisher reissue some of these “lost” crime fiction novels of the 20th century. I’m currently tracking down some Margaret Maron books for my mom and when they fall out of print, they can be very hard to find! Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-47782980451792138572021-12-21T18:38:00.445-05:002021-12-21T18:38:00.445-05:00The authors know more about finance than the oil i...The authors know more about finance than the oil industry, I think, but it's a pretty good mystery. I've read a couple out of the series, but by no means all.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694880585491590788.post-27907499980673138402021-12-21T18:23:00.546-05:002021-12-21T18:23:00.546-05:00never heard of it, but i'll have to read it if...never heard of it, but i'll have to read it if i can find it as i spent a good portion of my life in the oil field being as i'm a geologist and there's not much else for them to do if they don't have advanced degrees or know someone in the industry even if i did end working on the floor pulling slips half the time anyhow... plus it sounds kind of interesting also...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.com