Jakeroo 
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My title comes from the fact that the main location is run by an Irish bartender (who is not really a bartender lol).
As a further hint to my author's identity, he had the honour of being asked to write most of an unfinished "lost" work started by none other than Robert Heinlein.
Reply #441. Sep 24 12, 3:58 PM
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Upstart3
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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon?
Reply #442. Sep 24 12, 4:38 PM
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Jakeroo
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Whew!!!
I was beginning to think I'd have to mention something about arachnids lol. Honestly though, I highly recommend all of Spider Robinson's books (unfortunately, some of them are out of print now, but you can find them in used book places sometimes and perhaps some libraries). He has quite the "cult" following even today (mostly for the Callahan books). Not that many folks will get the reference, but he signed one of my books "From Jake to Jake - who knows that shared pain is diminished, shared joy is increased"
His wife (now dead) was a dancer/dance instructor as well as an author and was actually short-listed for spot on a NASA shuttle to study/film dance in space/zero gravity. Unfortunately the Challenger disaster changed all that and now, of course, it's a moot point.
Anyway (now that you're all completely bored lol) - Upstart? Your turn : )
Reply #443. Sep 24 12, 5:52 PM
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Upstart3
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90s crime book- first in a continuing series. Original language not English.
Reply #444. Sep 24 12, 6:21 PM
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Aussiedrongo
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'Faceless Killers' Henning Mankell
Reply #445. Sep 24 12, 7:18 PM
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Upstart3
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No and not Swedish.
Reply #446. Sep 25 12, 12:21 AM
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Aussiedrongo
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Was the first translated printing from the nineties or only the original non-English printing?
Reply #447. Sep 25 12, 3:52 AM
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jabb5076
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Is the writer male?
Reply #448. Sep 25 12, 6:44 AM
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Upstart3
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Published in orginal language in the 1990s.
Translated into English in the 2000s.
Male writer.
Still alive and productive, in his late eighties.
Reply #449. Sep 25 12, 7:08 AM
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jabb5076
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Paco Ignacio Taibo-- "Dias de Combate"?
Reply #450. Sep 25 12, 7:16 AM
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Upstart3
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Not that one - is it good?
The author of this book is European.
Reply #451. Sep 25 12, 7:23 AM
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Aussiedrongo
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'The Shape of Water' Andrea Camilleri?
Reply #452. Sep 25 12, 8:10 AM
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Upstart3
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Correct Aussiedrongo.
The Shape of Water - first in the Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri.
Your turn.
Reply #453. Sep 25 12, 8:22 AM
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Aussiedrongo
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I see we have some similar tastes Upstart. I'll go down the same track; first book in a crime series, not written in English but has been translated.
Reply #454. Sep 25 12, 8:39 AM
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Upstart3
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Train de nuit?
Reply #455. Sep 25 12, 8:59 AM
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Aussiedrongo
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That sounds French to me. Not a European author.
Reply #456. Sep 25 12, 9:45 AM
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Upstart3
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Original language: Spanish?
Reply #457. Sep 25 12, 10:22 AM
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jabb5076
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Author asian?
Reply #458. Sep 25 12, 11:22 AM
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paulmallon
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author alive?
Reply #459. Sep 25 12, 12:23 PM
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Aussiedrongo
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Author is still living and is Asian.
Reply #460. Sep 25 12, 5:30 PM
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