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  1. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    Yes, he is. In fact I'm "currently" re-reading the Barsoom series. IIRC, book 3 is next up. I read the series in college and a couple of years ago picked up replacement hard cover copies for those paperbacks I got in college.
  2. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    I've never read any of the books. My wife reads mystery novels almost exclusively and I'm the SF/Fantasy reader. I've read a few paragraphs/pages in several of her books but never all of one. And she owns all of Agatha Christy's Marple and Poirot books, Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series, Erle...
  3. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    Series 2 of Hamish Macbeth brings with it another couple of rather dark episodes, one of which resolves the love interest thing. And the other is, well, somewhat disturbing with its conclusion and involves the goings on at a funeral home and whether or not a somewhat aimless local lad will join...
  4. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    I cracked open my newish copy of Hamish Macbeth this weekend. Started the first episode and had to turn on CC and start over as the Scottish accents are *very* thick at times. After the first 3 episodes I got used to it and can now watch without them - mostly (still have an occasional word...
  5. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    I finished that Hart to Hart set of movies. Here are condensed comments on each. "Crimes of the Hart" is kind of a take on "Phantom of the Opera" - the musical, not the silent horror. It's OK but has far too much music for my taste, especially when Jonathan and Jennifer do a number at the end...
  6. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    I really think it's the style of show. I've also recently watched several seasons of Scarecrow & Mrs. King and Remington Steele - both of which my wife and I watched regularly during first run and really enjoyed. They, like Hart to Hart, are still mostly OK but just don't entice like they did...
  7. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    Hart to Hart: Home is Where the Hart Is, the second film on the first disc of that Hart to Hart MC set, was a pleasant surprise. It's mostly devoid of the filler that pretty much sank the first entry for me. I got a bit excited to see Maureen O'Sullivan's name in the open credits... but she's...
  8. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    I recently caved and purchased the Mill Creek release of "Hart to Hart: The Movie Collection" in spite of having watched the entire series not long ago and feeling it really hasn't held up all that well. My wife and I watched it "first run" and enjoyed it. Rather light, frothy, and...
  9. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    I picked up a copy of this one several years ago... and it's been languishing on the shelf ever since just waiting for me to find "the right time" to pop it in. It was a complete blind buy based solely on reviews and that my wife and I really enjoy British mystery programs. I really need to...
  10. BobO'Link

    I Love a Mystery - Mystery TV Shows

    Here's what I have in my collection that has a "Mystery" tag (crime/drama with no mystery were excluded though some do qualify as they're "detective" type shows). The ones bolded are those I've watched in full on disc. Italicized are those I watched during original broadcasts. The majority of...
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