[bksvol-discuss] Re: SUBMITTED: Naked Came The Phoenix: a serial novel
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:24:58 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks. I think that would be the most fun.
Cindy
--- Gerald Hovas <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Marcia Talley says in her introduction that Laurie
> King volunteered to write
> the ending.
>
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> Behalf Of Cindy
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: SUBMITTED: Naked Came
> The Phoenix: a
> serial novel
>
>
> Although I haven't read any of these authors, I have
> heard of most of them. The concept does sound
> interesting. I'll have to add it to my lists of
> things
> to read. I wonder how they decided who would write
> the ending.
>
> Cindy
>
>
> -- Gerald Hovas <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > As the subject says, this is a serial novel. Each
> > of the thirteen chapters
> > was written by a different popular female mystery
> > writer. The authors
> > weren't allowed to rewrite anything from a
> previous
> > chapter or ask the
> > author of a chapter to change any details for
> them.
> > They had to work with
> > what they were given, and they weren't allowed to
> > create a cliffhanger that
> > the author of the next chapter couldn't resolve.
> > Other than that,
> > everything was fair game.
> >
> > I thought the concept sounded interesting, and I
> > recognized some of the
> > authors, so I decided to scan it. It's a bit
> > whacky, but I liked it.
> >
> > You'll find a list of the authors below in the
> > synopsis.
> >
> > It's been proof read and spell checked. I
> stripped
> > the headers, but put a
> > header at the top of the pages where chapters
> begin
> > because the page numbers
> > are at the bottom of the page and wouldn't protect
> > the chapter headings.
> > 274 pages.
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> > THE PROMISE OF DISGRESSION AND PAMPERING-and a
> > long-overdue reconciliation
> > with her mother-draws Caroline Blessing, the young
> > wife of a newly elected
> > congressman, to the fancy Phoenix Spa. But after
> her
> > first night in the
> > beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Caroline wakes to
> > find the rich-and-famous
> > guests in turmoil and under suspicion: the spa's
> > flamboyant and ambitious
> > owner has been murdered. As the secrets come
> out-and
> > the body count
> > rises-can Caroline keep herself from becoming the
> > next victim?
> >
> > In the tradition of such collaborative classics as
> > Naked Came the Manatee
> > and The Floating Admiral, each chapter in this
> > serial novel is written by
> > one of today's most talented mystery novelists.
> >
> > NEVADA BARR?s ninth and latest in her Anna Pigeon
> > series is Blood Lure, and
> > she is now writing the tenth. She is published
> > worldwide and has won the
> > Agatha and the Anthony awards and the Grand Prix
> des
> > Romans d'Aventures.
> >
> > J. D. ROBB is the New York Times bestselling
> author
> > of the futuristic
> > romantic suspense series featuring Lieutenant Eve
> > Dallas. Her most recent
> > titles include Betrayal in Death and Judgment in
> > Death.
> >
> > NANCY PICKARD is the author of the popular Jenny
> > Cain mystery series and of
> > a new series starring true-crime writer Marie
> > Lightfoot. Her books include
> > Ring of Truth and The Whole Truth.
> >
> > LISA SCOTTOLINE is a New York Times bestselling
> > author of legal thrillers,
> > most recently The Vendetta Defense and Moment of
> > Truth. She has won theEdgar
> > and is published in over twenty countries.
> >
> > Author of five New York Times bestselling novels,
> > PERRI O?SHAUGHNESSY is
> > really two sisters, Pamela and Mary, who
> collaborate
> > on a series of legal
> > thrillers and short stories.
> >
> > J. A. JANCE writes two police procedural series:
> > twelve books featuring
> > Detective J. P. Beaumont and nine with Sheriff
> > Joanna Brady. She also has
> > two Arizona-based thrillers: Hour of the Hunter
> and
> > Kiss of the Bees.
> >
> > FAYE KELLERMAN is the New York Times bestselling
> > author of the Peter
> > Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery series. She has also
> > written a historical novel,
> > The Quality of Mercy, and Moon Music, a thriller.
> > Her most recent novel is
> > The Forgotten.
> >
> > MARY JANE CLARK is a producer and writer at CBS
> News
> > and the author of three
> > media thrillers, including Let Me Whisper in Your
> > Ear, two of which were
> > national bestsellers. Her fourth, Close to You, is
> > due to be published in
> > 2001.
> >
> > MARCIA TALLEY is the author of Unbreathed Memories
> > and the award-winning
> > Sing It to Her Bones.. Her third Hannah Ives
> > mystery, Occasion of Revenge,
> > is due to be published in 2001. She is also the
> > editor of Naked Came the
> > Phoenix.
> >
> > ANNE PERRY, author of the acclaimed Victorian
> series
> > starring William Monk
> > and Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, has written over
> > thirty novels, including The
> > One Thing More. Her many awards include the
> > Herodotus for Lifetime
> > Achievement and the Edgar.
> >
> > DIANA GABALDON?s The Fiery Cross, fifth in the
> > Out-lander.series, is due to
> > be published late this year.She is also working on
> a
> > contemporary mystery.
> >
> > VAL MCDERMID has published fifteen novels and one
> > work of nonfiction and has
> > won the Gold Dagger and the Grand Prix des Romans
> > d'Aventures. Her most
> > recent novel is A Place of Execution.
> >
> > LAURIE R. KING writes two crime fiction series as
> > well as stand-alone
> > novels, most recently Folly. She has won the
> Edgar,
> > the Creasey, and the
> > Nero Wolfe awards and been nominated for many
> > others. She is published in
> > seventeen languages.
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