Robin Agnew
Sometimes I'm puzzled by what the uses of facebook and social networks in general might be, but setting up a page for Aunt Agatha's was one way it made sense to me. I was struggling to figure out what to post on the page that would make it different from the store website, and I hit upon adding a quote every day. They vary in popularity - sometimes I'm surprised by what gets a lot of comments, but the pithier ones seem to have more appeal than the "poetic" ones. In any case, there's no denying that mystery writers are a profound bunch. Here's a list of our top 10 favorites according to our facebook followers. Enjoy!
10. "I have thrown all reason out the window and got knocked up by a manic depressive mobster." - Alexis Davis on GENERAL HOSPITAL
9. "You would be surprised to know how much unnecessary worry a simple policy of polite disinterest can save one." - More Work for the Undertaker, Margery Allingham, 1948
8. ""No one ever got in trouble keeping his mouth shut." - Fifty-Two Pickup, Elmore Leonard, 1974
7 "Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading." - A Judgement in Stone, Ruth Rendell, 1977
6. "Getting kisses out of a woman is like getting olives out of a bottle. The first may be devilish difficult, but the rest come easy." - The Scarlet Imposter, Dennis Wheatly, 1940
5. "Coincidence exists, but believing in it never did me any good." - Pale Kings and Princes, Robert B. Parker, 1987
4. "He's been dragging red herrings around this house until it smells like fisherman's wharf." - The Affair of the Fainting Butler, Clifford Knight, 1943
2. "The trouble with mornings is that they come when you're not awake." - Three for the Chair, Rex Stout, 1957
3. ""Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men." - The Franchise Affair, Josephine Tey, 1948
2. "Librarians are wonderful people. They should be in the detective buisness." - The Chinese Doll, William Tucker, 1946
1. "God, in his bounty and generosity, always creates more horses' asses than there are horses to attach them to." - Metzger's Dog, Thomas Perry, 1983
