tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post465201169805192949..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 628: Dead Giveaway / Hugh Lawrence Nelson (Dell 520)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-34794835151217981622013-04-30T10:29:47.374-07:002013-04-30T10:29:47.374-07:00Nothing says zany, like garroting the piano player...Nothing says zany, like garroting the piano player. Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17629233158796640144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-26245283615059257822013-04-04T09:08:45.721-07:002013-04-04T09:08:45.721-07:00This looks like a plot Monk would have enjoyed.
Su...This looks like a plot Monk would have enjoyed.<br />Susan in NYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-51039582234683408942013-04-04T06:56:06.840-07:002013-04-04T06:56:06.840-07:00This is actually the biography of Stan Cliburn, yo...This is actually the biography of Stan Cliburn, younger brother of Van. 20 years of lessons, 8 years at Julliard, and he ended up being a lounge piano player. At some point, after decades of hearing nothing but "He's good, he's just not Van", when some drunk calls out Play Misty for Me for the 10th time in a night, Stan just couldn't take it any more. Sadly, his one great poetic and pianistic accomplishment was offing himself with a piano string, the instrument of his torture and the instrument of his relief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-89381404334811947712013-04-04T05:06:12.043-07:002013-04-04T05:06:12.043-07:00I guess nobody told the killer that when you stran...I guess nobody told the killer that when you strangle someone with piano wire, you don't have to bring along the whole piano.<br /><br />Also, based on my admittedly-limited experience, I don't think a dead body would hold a position like that.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05827682993126698431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-43874051408390295272013-04-03T14:17:47.297-07:002013-04-03T14:17:47.297-07:00Boy, those covers really don't trust the art, ...Boy, those covers really don't trust the art, do they? "Hey, that guy in the picture? It may just look like he's sitting there, but he's actually being strangled by a piano wire! Yeah, that's right, it's murder with a piano! He's dead, and a piano killed him!"<br /><br />(And while I'm glad there's no stool in this case, I understand that it's fairly common in the aftermath of hangings...)Tulsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-19255967026676043302013-04-03T11:52:15.092-07:002013-04-03T11:52:15.092-07:00There's a death by piano in one of Ngaio Marsh...There's a death by piano in one of Ngaio Marsh's mysteries. A practical joke squirt gun is replaced by a real gun--but I like this one better. It's much more creative.Dave Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047687164637443124noreply@blogger.com