Monday, June 02, 2008
Coco Makes A Big Splash
We have a new addition to our canine family, the hugely delightful, 12 week old Coco, bringing the strength back up to three hounds after
the sad losses of Sooty and Bertie last year.
Coco is a cross between a Shitzu and a Poodle. Apparently the breed is known as a Shipoo, which sounds only marginally less rude than leaving the "t" in!!!! Named for her elegance after Coco Chanel, rather than chocolate! But she is so light, I've nicknamed her Diet Coke.
And digressing on the subject of Coco Chanel, here is your interesting fact for the day, told to my by my late mother, who had met her. Apparently the mystery behind why her most famous perfume is named "Chanel No 5" is a very simple one: When the great couturier decided to produce a perfume under her name, she went to a large 'parfumier' factory in Grasse, where a row of different scents were laid out in tester jars along a shelf, and numbered from 1 - 50. She liked number 5!
posted by Peter James at 12:34 PM
14 comments
Comments:
Hi Peter,
I was working the prounciation
of the Diet Coke out, and see you had done it before.
Hope you are well.
Robert P Splaine
Hi Robert
Maybe I should have said "Coke Lite!!"
All best
Peter
I'm trying to work it out. Does being a cross between a poodle and a shitzu make Coco a "zudle"? Because the alternative doesn't bear thinking about!
Best ones,
Mark
I feel a competition coming on here!!!!! Not sure whether it should be for the best or the worst name!
Peter
What a gorgeous little dog. Don't you dare call her anything awful!!
Linda
Hello, Mr. James! I'm thoroughly enjoying your books, going so far as to order your latest from Amazon.co.uk as it hasn't been distributed yet here in the U.S. (I'm from Boston MA) So with the current abysmal state of the US dollar you can see that it's true love.
It's an added treat to see that you're a dog lover but with the heart you display in your books I should have guessed.
Hi Beverly
I am deeply honoured - thank you for such kind words!!! And there is a small appearance by a dog in the new one - which gets bigger in the one I am currently writing!
I'm in the process of changing US publishers but it will be a while yet.
All very best - and barks from the hounds!
Peter
Hello Mr James
I have just finished 'Dead Simple'- the first of your books I have ever read and it was excellent. I read it in just 8 hours! It's great to find an author whose books are so much more than one expects rather than so much less. I am in Australia and picked up 'Dead Simple' after reading a review of your latest novel in our 'Good Reading' magazine in which they said you are very underrated in this country - I'll say! I wish I'd heard of you sooner. I have just started 'The Truth' and I am enjoying it too - was taken aback by a mention of the Docker family (of which I am one). I love your plots (impossible to predict) and the supernatural edge. I also adore your Coco - we have a black Shih-Tzu and Coco definitely has the cheeky Shih-Tzu eyes! Best wishes - Lana (Docker)
Hi Lana
Thank you very much for such high praise. I'm interested that you heard of me after reading the magazine - it shows the value of publicity!
I'm fascinated that you are a member of the Docker family. I used to spend many summers of my childhood in Saint Tropez with my family and I remember on several occasions being on the quai and seeing a gorgeous yacht with a huge bowsprit, called, (I think) Shemara, that was owned by Sir Bernard and Lady Docker. As an impressionably young boy, I thought that was the very epitome of style!
Glad to hear that Coco has Shih-Tzu eyes. He is amazingly cheeky - but has a really gorgeous temperament, totally laid back when not being cheeky....!
All best
Peter
Hello Mr James.
I have just finished reading my first Peter James book, FAITH and already have POSSESSION and SWEET HEART on my bedside shelf to look forward to. I have been on to the SKY Arts web site and realize I have seen you on the show but hadn't discovered you then. I don't usually read thrillers!Have I missed your television drama's or have they to be shown later? Th Just a thought, how on earth do you find time to write with such a busy schedule. good wishes.
Hello Mr James.
I have just finished reading my first Peter James book, FAITH and already have POSSESSION and SWEET HEART on my bedside shelf to look forward to. I have been on to the SKY Arts web site and realize I have seen you on the show but hadn't discovered you then. I don't usually read thrillers!Have I missed your television drama's or have they to be shown later? Th Just a thought, how on earth do you find time to write with such a busy schedule. good wishes.
Hello Peter,
Have just seen your photo of Coco,like you we have just become proud owners of a new puppy after the death of our dear Tibetan Terrier[Chumley].The new member of the family is a Havanese named Dizzie Rascal who is 22 weeks old,if he was to get with Coco would they have,Havashipoos?
Thank you for the Dead series my husband and I thoroughly enjoy them and recognise the loctions ,as we are Eastbourne born and breed,with strong connection to Lewes,Brighton and crawley.Best Wishes Clare
You have never got another Puli then ?
No, but I might do one day. I do love that breed - I've had three. The only problem is they are a lot of work with the cord - but immensely rewarding. I think they are fantastic personalities.
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