p. b. smith

United States

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Hometown:

In flux

About Me:

I am the author of eight published non-fiction books, including "Alzheimer's for Dummies," one cartoon book and "The Precincts of Midnight," a cozy mystery that I recently published electronically in my store on ebay; see the link below. The heroine's name is Ivey Hunter; hence my Crimespace moniker. I am hard at work on the second book in the series now, "Old Gobblamanchy Road." I am also the publisher of the "After Midnight" anthology series which just published its first title, "Shadows After Midnight," 10 spooky short stories. "Murder After Midnight," 10 mystery short stories, is soon to follow.

I Am A:

Reader, Writer

Website:

http://stores.ebay.com/Welkin-Press

Books And Authors I Like:

The Alphabet Murder Series by Sue Grafton
The Cat Who Series by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Amelia Peabody Series by Elizabeth Peters
The Southern Sister Series by Anne George
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (not a mystery; just hysterically funny)
Anything by Agatha Christy
The Sherlock Holmes Series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Movies And TV Shows I Like:

Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, Strangers on a Train, The 39 Steps, The Birds, (see a theme developing here?) To Catch a Thief.

Monk, Hercule Poirot on A & E, Tom Selleck's Jesse Stone movies on CBS...used to like CSI but recently stopped watching; just a little too gruesome for me now.

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  Debbi Mack

  Regarding Janet E., I think I've probably said it all--for good or ill. :)
  
  I actually didn't mention all the stuff I liked about Stephanie Plum--all the Jersey stuff, the blue-haired ladies packing heat and Stephanie's family (esp. Grandma Mazur, of course).
  
  One thing no one pointed out was how different the first book was from the others. It was a bit darker, I thought, with less emphasis on the romance angle.
  
  I think my favorite was Book 2, because of Grandma Mazur's obsession with funerals and the great, over-the-top comic feel it had.
  
  The romance storyline has grown stronger with each book. I noticed at Book 4 that it was basically a romance novel with some comic mystery in it. That's when I started getting a bit less enchanted with the series, but kept at it until Book 6. That was it for me.
  
  Oh, well. Fun while it lasted, but the series has run its course with me.

  Jul 28, 2009

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  Mike MacLean

  Thanks for the welcome P.B.

  Aug 11, 2009

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  Beth Groundwater

  Hi Pat,
  Thanks for befriending this mystery author here, too!
  - Beth

  Aug 13, 2009