Two of the stories from this collection that I really enjoyed were > DEATH COMES GIFT-WRAPPED - William P. McGivern A good example of why small-timers should stay small-time, by the author of "The Big Heat". > A MATTER OF PRINCIPAL - Max Allan Collins This one really reminded me of something Paul Cain would have written. No good guys here, just varying degrees of bad... Bill "Not the comedian" Murray bmurray@voicenet.com Visit "Hard Boiled" at http://www.voicenet.com/~bmurray/index.html Guinness is good for you! It give you strength! - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca