No video or audio recording, alas. I have come to appreciate
the mystery conventions that do tape and sell audio
recordings of sessions.
I dug out my copy of THE CANA DIVERSION to recheck my memory
about how the Puma murder was revealed in the blurb. The back
cover blurb is headlined "He made a stupid mistake and it
cost him his life!" Then the copy underneath:
"Joe Puma had been a private investigator for a long time. He
should have known better than to meet a stranger on the
outskirts of town-- especially a stanger with Mafia
connections. It was a mistake that Puma didn't live to
regret.
"Brock Callahan was another detective. He had worked a lot of
cases with Joe Puma, and he couldn't let his friend's murder
go unsolved. So he scoured the town searching for the reason
for the killing, because he knew that when he found the
reason he'd also find the killer.
"Unless the killer found him first!"
I wish I had brought a copy of the book to wave to those
booing. Oh well...Looking at the book for the first time in
years, I may reread it.I remember it as a very good novel and
it would be interesting to see how well it stands up.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Purcell"
<curtpurcell@...> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Moore"
<moorich@> wrote:
> >
> > And at that moment I was booed and hissed like
I have never been
> > before or since. And there was no opportunity
to explain. I was a
> > bum who violated the spoiler rules. Gault got a
huge kick out of
it.
>
> What a great story! A non-spoiler that sounds like
the hugest
spoiler
> in the world, thrown right in the faces of a
convention of mystery
> fans, who of course hate spoilers with a passion. I
don't suppose
> there's any video?
>
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