+Mike+Mary Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 For those who enjoy crime fiction, geocaching features in the Stephen Booth novel "The Dead Place", a rather gruesome murder mystery set in the Peak District. It's a good read, but not for the nervous! The portrayal of geocaching is pretty accurate apart from the absence of 'Geocache - contents harmless' and the www.geocaching.com URL on the cache box. Maybe that would have relieved the tension too readily. Mr Booth doesn't like to leave his readers' fingernails intact. Enjoy it! (but not just before bedtime...) Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 It got a mixed review when I brought it up in 2005 and I never got around to giving it a try. Quote Link to comment
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Its not the first crime novel to feature GeoCaching as I recall a friend and fan of American proceedural crime fiction telling me about a book they were reading where the logbook in a GeoCache was used to construct the timeline which eventually lead to the solution of the murder. Unfortunately they couldn't remember the name of the book and I was never able to track it down. maybe someone else out there can remember it too. Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 (edited) I bought it and it was a good read though the geocache did not feature prominently and was not vital to the plot. I gave my copy as a raffle prize at a Geocaching Event Raffle - I wonder if any of the forum readers won it? Edited June 3, 2007 by John Stead Quote Link to comment
+imajeep Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 (edited) Thanks, Mike and Mary, for the recommendation! My husband forwarded this thread to me because I love mysteries, and have read several by Stephen Booth. The book you mentioned has just been published here in the US, so we have it on order and look forward to reading it. Edited June 3, 2007 by imajeep Quote Link to comment
dodgydaved Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 As a matter of interest when Petrus, the cache in the Booth novel, went missing I was forced to archive it as I no longer visit Derbyshire regularly It has recently been adopted by cats-eyes I think Cooper and Fry's log is still available on the cache page Dangerous Dave , er I mean dodgydaved Quote Link to comment
+scottpa100 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 On CSI last night on Channel Five they mentioned about geocaching! But as with CSI - it involved finding a body or two rather than a butty box stuffed in a hedge somewhere! Quote Link to comment
+Wizard William and Team Morris Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 There is another thread running today about geocaching appearing in Law and Order. Quote Link to comment
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