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December 8

Melinda McRae - a novelist

Hi there. My wife is very interested in romances and she is an avid reader. She wants to find out if there are any new books by this author - Melinda McRae. Wikipedia does not have an article on her. Her first novel was "The Duke's daughter" 1991 and the last one: "Miss Chadwick's companion." published in 2000. Thank you --AboutFace 22 (talk) 01:09, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Does this help? --Jayron 32 01:31, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A Google search turned up this RomanceWiki article, this page on Goodreads, the link Jayron already mentioned, and Amazon has an author page for her. †dismas†|^(talk) 01:36, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. --AboutFace 22 (talk) 15:04, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

On the fiddle

Does anyone happen to know in which year(s) was the movie On the Fiddle set (and in particular, which year does Connery enlist in the RAF)? 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B (talk) 02:34, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If you read the British Comedy Guide story outline (see the link in the article) you will learn that it is set over a period of several years. As the Connery character enlists for genuine reasons, it is reasonable to assume early in the war - 1939 or 1940 - while the latest date they could be working with the resistance in France is 1944. A longer synopsis here - https://www.fictiondb.com/author/rf-delderfield~stop-at-winner~168311~b.htm - actually says they are sent to France after D-Day'Wymspen (talk) 10:34, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! So he enlisted early, but only saw action in 1944? 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B (talk) 11:49, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That is the key to the plot - it is about someone who has been forced to enlist, and who is doing everything possible to avoid actually having to fight. The twist is that when there is no way out, they actually succeed in what they are sent to do. Wymspen (talk) 12:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See Conscription in the United Kingdom for context. Alansplodge (talk) 13:16, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It could hardly be 1939 or 1940 (or 1941), as there's a Yank (Sergeant Buzzer) over there in the trailer I watched. The TCM synopsis mentions an American air base in Cornwall. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:38, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But where in the movie is the scene in the trailer taken from? --76.71.5.45 (talk) 06:42, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sgt Buzzer is the one who finally catches on to what they are doing, and sends them to France: that requires him to be in the UK in 1944, but does not require him to have been in the country when they first enlisted. Wymspen (talk) 14:51, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all! So, what year does Alfred Lynch enlist? 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B (talk) 02:14, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]