3 Peter Chambers paperbacks by Henry Kane, including one from
the
classic period (_My Business is Murder_ [1954]--doesn't quite
have the
same ring as _Murder is my Business_ though, does it?), and
two Lancer
originals: _Dead in Bed_ (1961) and _Never Give a Millionaire
an Even
Break_ (1963).
2 non-series Henry Kane novels: _My Darlin' Evangeline_ (Dell
1st, 1961)
and _Dirty Gertie_ (Belmont, 1965).
A couple by the other Kane--Frank--including one Johnny
Liddell (_Grave
Danger_, 1954) and the non-series _Syndicate Girl_ (Dell,
1965)
A couple of Steve Bently PBO's by Robert Dietrich (thanks to
Kevin Smith
for the tip!): _Murder on her Mind_ (Dell 1st Ed., 1960) and
_My Body_
(Lancer, 1962)
2 by John Wainwright: _Death of a Big Man_ and _Square
Dance_, both from
1975. I already had _The Hard Hit_ by the same author, and
they all
sound like winniers. Anybody have anything to say about
Wainwright?
A half-dozen of Peter Corris' Cliff Hardy novels, equally
early and late
in the series.
_Hard Cash_, the 5th installment in Max Allen Collins' Nolan
series (an
imitation of the Parker series, if you don't already know),
and
_Quarry's Deal_ (formerly _The Deal_, from Collins' Quarry
series, about
a professional hit man).
Some other various things, including _The Plastic Nightmare_
by Richard
Neely (filmed, and republished by Black Lizzard as
_Shattered), _The
Wheel is Fixed_ by James M. Fox (Dell, 1951) and _The Wife
Next Door_ by
R.V. Cassill (Fawcett Gold Medal, 1959), and _The Things We
Do for Love_
by Benjamin Schutz_ (thanks again Kevin), and _Mob
Psychology_, no. 87
in the Destroyer series (so sue me).
Finally, I got 2 copies of Ellroy's _My Dark Places_ for $3
each, and
the 2nd printing of his first novel _Brown's Requiem_ in an
Avon PBO.
This copy has a long inscription in it, and was a true
bargain at $2.75.
That's it for this week. I wonder what next week might bring
;-)
-- James Stephenson Rare Books & Special Collections Cataloger University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Email: js272@umail.umd.edu # # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to majordomo@icomm.ca. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.vex.net/~buff/rara-avis/.