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Mystery Fiction With a Sense of Humour

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Introduction:
"There's a tradition in mystery fiction of mean streets, pain, and violence, but there's another tradition that doesn't take itself quite so seriously...."


1. Who created Schlock Homes and Dr. Watney of 221B Bagel Street?
    Robert L. Fish
    Elmore Leonard
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    Jack Ritchie


2. Which is not the title of a Kinky Friedman novel?
    God Bless John Wayne
    I Still Miss my Man, But my Aim is Getting Better
    Armadillos and Old Lace
    Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover


3. Simon Brett's Charles Paris is a(n)....
    actor
    police officer
    lawyer
    gardener


4. In which city do we find Hitchcock Sewell, from such books as "The Hearse You Came in On", and "Hearse of a Different Color"?
    Atlanta
    Boston
    Baltimore
    Seattle


5. Steve Brewer's private eye, Bubba Maybry, tells us that he comes from a long line of gullible people. Who hires Bubba in the first novel in the series?
    Judge Crater
    Bigfoot
    Elvis
    Princess Anastasia


6. In which book is Bernie Rhodenbarr caught burgling an apartment that has, unbeknownst to him, a dead body in the back bedroom?
    The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
    The Burglar in the Library
    Burglers Can't be Choosers
    The Burglar in the Closet


7. Leo Haig, Chip Harrison's boss, dearly wants to be a 'great detective'. Who is his hero?
    Sherlock Holmes
    Hercule Poirot
    Nero Wolfe
    Charlie Chan


8. Who wrote 1972's "Every Little Crook and Nanny" about a kidnapping that encounters complications?
    John D. MacDonald
    O. Henry
    Evan Hunter
    Elmore Leonard


9. Who is the leader of a hapless bunch of crooks, in a series by Donald E. Westlake?
    Andy Kelp
    John Dortmunder
    Stan Murch
    F.X. Mologna


10. What is the title of a Donald Westlake book about a petty thief who becomes invisible?
    Why Me?
    A Likely Story
    Smoke
    Don't Ask


11. Who is the Seattle P.I. who employs a bunch of winos as a surveillance team?
    Leo Waterman
    Kinsey Millhone
    Elvis Cole
    Mike Hammer


12. What is the action of the Sam Adams mystery "She Walks in Beauty" centered around?
    poetry
    plastic surgery
    a drama festival
    the Miss America pageant


13. "Big Trouble" is a fast-paced romp by this Florida writer.
    Laurence Shames
    Dave Barry
    Carl Hiaasen
    Edna Buchanan


14. Who is a recurring character in Carl Hiaasen's novels?
    a U.S. marshal who really knows how to wear a hat
    a retired mobster with excellent taste in shirts
    an ex-governor who lives in a swamp
    a 'salvage consultant' who lives on a houseboat


15. Who wrote "Compromising Positions"?
    Sparkle Hayter
    Susan Isaacs
    Sue Grafton
    Barbara Kingsolver


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