tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post6635758889516073019..comments2024-03-27T13:26:32.587-07:00Comments on Mystery Fanfare: Earth Day Mysteries 2011: Environmental Crime FictionJanet Rudolphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-44092005577736360962011-05-01T10:45:27.586-07:002011-05-01T10:45:27.586-07:00Mary Roberts Rinehart - The Case of Jennie Brice d...Mary Roberts Rinehart - The Case of Jennie Brice deals with a Pittsburgh area flood.<br />Ellery Queen - Siamese Twin Mystery begins (slightly) with fleeing a forest fire.<br />Ross MacDonald - The Underground Man deals extensively with a forest fire.<br />Eric Ambler - Background to Danger and Cause for Alarm both feature pre-WWII espionage and a cross country European border escape to safety.<br /><br />Canadian novels where nature and setting is more involved than as just an average backdrop:<br />Howard Engel - Murder Sees the Light has a provincial park setting.<br />Howard Engel - Murder on Location revolves around a frozen Niagara Falls.<br />Maurice Gagnon - The Inner Ring is about a Montreal cyclist killed along the St. Lawrence river (most of his novels are written in French, this is in english).<br />Scott Young - Murder in a Cold Climate has a far northern artic backdrop.CQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812751573047844045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-56092258968814284952011-04-24T10:43:38.004-07:002011-04-24T10:43:38.004-07:00The Monkey Wrench Gang-hysterical. Worth reading j...The Monkey Wrench Gang-hysterical. Worth reading just for the prologue.vallerosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823261062528849703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-40417553504647634992011-04-23T06:34:15.688-07:002011-04-23T06:34:15.688-07:00Randal, of course, and we read that in my bookgrou...Randal, of course, and we read that in my bookgroup when it came out.Janet Rudolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-6911734385261389832011-04-22T22:38:18.347-07:002011-04-22T22:38:18.347-07:00David Rains Wallace: The Turquoise Dragon (1985). ...David Rains Wallace: The Turquoise Dragon (1985). This just might be the only mystery novel ever published by the Sierra Club.Randal Brandthttp://bancroft.berkeley.edu/sfmystery/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-31488160210538123062011-04-22T10:54:01.339-07:002011-04-22T10:54:01.339-07:00Sheila Simonson: An Old ChaosSheila Simonson: An Old ChaosCarola Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796872169346386593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-85534507894408497192011-04-22T10:53:17.509-07:002011-04-22T10:53:17.509-07:00Sheila Simonson's An Old ChaosSheila Simonson's An Old ChaosCarola Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796872169346386593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-26781450323667991592011-04-22T10:39:17.501-07:002011-04-22T10:39:17.501-07:00A terrific list! I'd only add James Crumley&#...A terrific list! I'd only add James Crumley's Dancing Bear.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17808216932213232929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-22272742194953542932011-04-22T10:38:30.104-07:002011-04-22T10:38:30.104-07:00A terrific list! I'd also just add James Crum...A terrific list! I'd also just add James Crumley's Dancing Bear.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17808216932213232929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-62070368270761486642011-04-22T10:08:00.467-07:002011-04-22T10:08:00.467-07:00I'm surprised to see only one John D. MacDonal...I'm surprised to see only one John D. MacDonald entry on this list. Nearly all of his Travis McGee mysteries had at least an undercurrent of environmentalism, and in several it was the dominant theme.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831156659319997331noreply@blogger.com