I've read these old PBO's recently and thought I'd recommend
them:
Tedd Thomey: "Killer in White" (1956). Very good, very far
from your typical romantic doctor stuff. Tersely written. Lee
Server cites Thomey's "And Dream of Evil" as one of his
favourite novels in "The Big Book of Noir". Does anyone know
anything about Thomey?
Robert Colby: "Beautiful but Bad" (1962). Quite good, but the
ending was too hastily done. Gripping situations throughout,
though. Does anyone know where and when Colby's short story
"Paint the Town Green" was first published?
K.R. Dwyer (aka Dean Koontz): "Chase" (1972). Good and very
fast read (it took some 45 minutes from me!). Early
serial-killer novel and some strong stuff about coming home
from Vietnam. But I didn't care about the killer being
homosexual. It was strictly unnecessary and
stereotyped.
I've also read some five Ben Benson's novels and found them
very good, especially "Broken Shield" (1955) and "End of
Violence" (1959).
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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