October 24, 2022

November 14 - Postmortem

 Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell's novel 'Postmortem' is a story about the life and career of a forensic pathologist. Cornwell begins the novel by introducing Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who is also a chief medical examiner. Scarpetta is Italian, petite, and divorced. She shares her life with her niece named Lucy. In the next sections of the book, Cornwell provides details about Scarpetta's work. In the novel, Scarpetta is studying cases about brutal rapes and slayings, where the suspect initially stalks his victims; after he captures them, he rapes and strangles them. Cornwell inserts conflict into the storyline; Scarpetta's boss doesn't respect her profession although they are both new to their respective jobs. With this context in mind, Cornwell begins the book on the third murder. By the end of 'Postmortem,' Scarpetta is confronted with the rapist, uncovers internal sabotage, and takes her niece on a vacation.

September 6, 2022

The Moving Target - September 12

 The MovingTarget Characters


Lew Archer

Mrs Kromberg       

Bob Sampson

Elaine Sampson

Albert Graves

Alan Taggert

Miranda Simpson

Felix

Claude, holy man

Morris Cramm

Fay Estabrook

Russell Hunt

Timothy

Betty “Lassiter” Fraley

Bill

Puddler

Peter Colton

Dwight Troy - “Temple in the Clouds

Bob

Ruth Dickson

Lawrence Becker

Sheriff Joe Spanner

DA Humphreys

Eddie Lassiter

Marcie - Marcella Finch

Deputy Sheriff Bert Graves

Peter Colton

Luis



June 29, 2022

July 11 - The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club

Characters by chapter

Part One

1 Joyce Meadowcroft    A former nurse. One of the narrators.

  Elizabeth             The founder of the Thursday Murder Club.

  Stephen             Elizabeth's third husband.

  John Lewis     Elizabeth's acquaintance.

  Bernard Cottle Joyce's friend. A professor.

  Coopers Chase - Retirement village.

  Mary The girl from Ruskin Court. Joyce's acquaintance.

  Ibrahim Arif Thursday Club member. A psychiatrist.

2 Donna De Freitas A policewoman who liked to chase serial killers.

  Ron Ritchie A Thursday Murder Club member.

  Mark Duggan Deceased.

3 Ian Ventham The owner of Coopers Chase.

  Willows - The nursing home on Coopers Chase.

  Tony Curran Ian's builder.

  John Gray Penny's husband.

4 Penny Gray Elizabeth's co-founder. A retired police.

5 Bogdan Jankowski The man to whom Ian owes money.

7 Matthew Mackie The reverend.

8 Dennis Edmonds A jeweler.

  Jason Ritchie Ron's son. An ex-boxer. Aka: Jr Ewing.

9 Karen Playfair         Ian's friend.

  Gordon Playfair Owner of a farm adjoining Coopers Chase.

10 DebbieCurran        Tony's wife.

12 Chris Hudson        The detective chief inspector. Donna's boss.

15 Carlito         The Spanish driver.

  Joanna Joyce's daughter.

  Peter A bus regular.

  Carol A bus regular.

16 Mark   Ron's son. An ex-boxer. Aka: Jr Ewing.

17 BobbyTanner The missing man. Tony's friend. Aka: Peter Ward.

20 Gerry Meadowcroft Joyce's late husband.

21 Mike Griffin The planning committee officer at Cooper Chase.

22 Anthony         The man that Joyce met. Penny's hairdresser.

23 Cornelius Joanna's worker.

24 Gwen Talbot Elizabeth's acquaintance.

26 Sufi         Bernard's daughter.

  Colin Clemence The man whose advocacy is to legalize medicinal marijuana.

30 Mary Bryne A nun. Deceased.

  Margaret Bernadette Mary's co-nun.

32 Steve Collins One of the boxers Jason knocked out.

  MichaelWatson Jason's co-boxer.

  Nigel Benn Jason's co-boxer.

  Chris Eubank Jason's co-boxer.

  Alice Watts An actress that Jason dated.

  Rodolfo Mendoza The boxer who knocked out Jason.

35 Mary Lennox Elizabeth's friend.

  River Mary's great grand daughter.

36 Gregor The man that Donna dated.

  Carl         Donna's ex-boyfriend.

39 Terry Hallet One of Chris's assistant.

  Grant A policeman.

  Granger         A policeman.

45 Edwin Ellidge Ibrahim's friend. A former teacher.

46 Maureen Cadd The woman who called father Mackie.

  Part Two

67 Mickey Landsdowne A seller of fake Viagra. Jason's former gangmate.

  Geoff Goff Jason's former gang mate. Deceased.

  Turkish Gianni Jason's former gang mate. Aka: Gianni Gunduz.

  Tony The young drug dealer who has been shot.

  Steve Georgiou Jason's former gang mate.

  Troy Tanner Bobby Tanner's younger brother. Deceased.

80 Becky The woman at the Tool Chest.

86 Poppy The man that Donna dated.

  Marjorie Walters Joyce's friend.

88 Asima Bernard's lover.

90 Gemma Ventham Ian's widow.

94 Billy Gill         A 70-year-old antique dealer.

  Joe Kyprianou A Cypriot detective.

  Costas Gunduz A prisoner at Nicosia. Gianni's father.

  Andreas Gunduz Costas's brother.

100 Irene Dougherty The winner of Colin Clemence weekly solving challenge.

  Maggie         The girl who cleans the chapel. Aka: Margaret Farell.

  Patrick Maggie's son.

108 Matheson The farmer. The boy that John injected with poison.

109 Annie Madeley Penny's former case.

  Peter Mercer Annie's boyfriend.

113 Gregory Ionnidis A Krypios Associate.

114 Kazimir         Bogdan's friend. Aka: Kaz.