Mark Sullivan mentioned THE MEAN STREETS a little while ago
because it had a character named Bill Denton in it. I got a
copy and I'm reading it now. I'm a nice upstanding baseball
player, but I die a cruel death before chapter five is over;
Mac, the Marlowe-ish PI undercover as a high school coach, is
trying to find out who killed me and who's behind a ring of
juvenile delinquents. The book sometimes comes close to a
'50s B teen gang movie.
I searched Google to see what was available on the web about
Dewey, and the most relevant seemed to be some stuff in the
archives here and a page about Mac at Kevin Smith's Thrilling
Detective site. Mario Taboada recommended EVERY BET'S A SURE
THING. Anything else I should look for? I like the one I'm
reading and will keep an eye peeled for more. Mac seems like
a good character.
The cover of the edition I've got is all wrong, but there's a
good one at
http://www.colba.net/~kvnsmith/thrillingdetective/mac.html
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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