It had to be Ian Rankin but also could not be Ian Rankin because of "master...in another genre". (He's still a thriller writer.) Judy Evans, Cardiff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Bruce" <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Loving Liberals, Cantakerous Conservatives > > On 19. Dez 2006, at 18:19, David Ritchie wrote: > > > > > On Dec 19, 2006, at 1:18 AM, Chris Bruce wrote: > >> Chris Bruce > >> whose severe allergy to Conium maculatum > >> has dislocated his inquiring mind from his tongue, in > >> Kiel, Germany > >> > > > > This would explain why he hasn't yet said if I correctly guessed the > > identity of the thriller he read. > > A thousand apologies, David, and all of you others waiting with bated > breath for the answer! I was first trying to decide whether to give > more clues or just come out with the name of the book - now it has all > grown way too old (by e-mail timeline standards - to which I just can't > seem to keep up). >