Just got around to unpacking a whole bag full of books I
picked up during Xmas hol's & as it seems a little quiet
I thought I'd let people know what I'd picked up & see if
anybody has anything to say about any of these. These came
from 2nd hand & charity shops either while visiting
in-laws or 2nd hand shops (& one new purchase) in Sydney
: The most exciting find is a Pan edition from 1961 of
"Solomon's Vineyard" which I think may be the first
unexpurgated edition, or at least the first pb edition. Does
someone out there know? (Nice cover by Peff).
"Experience With Evil" by "John Ross Macdonald" (again, Pan,
nice Peff cover). Some Gold Medals (UK ed's) : "State
Department Murders" by Edward S Aarons; "Francesca" by
Stephen Marlowe; "The Couch" by Robert Bloch; some Westerns :
"A Noose for a Desperado" by Clifton Adams; "Fury on the
Plains" by Chad Merriman; "The Dark Raiders".
"Mad River"; "Line of Fire"; "The Intriguers" by Donald
Hamilton. "Don't Just Stand There" & "And the Deep Blue
Sea" by Charles Williams. "Death Trap" & "You Live Once"
by John D MacDonald. "Space for Hire" by William F Nolan.
"The Dead Look On" by Gerald Kersh. "Two for Tanner" by
Lawrence Block. "A Likely Story" by Donald E Westlake. And
closer to home I picked up :
"The Hard-Boiled Detective" ed Herbert Ruhm. "The Destroyer
12 : Kill or Cure" & "The Destroyer 14 : Judgement Day"
by Richard Sapir & Warren Murphy. "Blood Marks" by Bill
Crider (!). "Neon Mirage"by Max Allan Collins. "The Night
Flower" by Max Brand. "Such Men Are Dangerous" by Lawrence
Block (bought this one new). "Bordersnakes" by James Crumley
& finally, "The Cold Six Thousand" by James Ellroy.
Anybody care to comment on any of these & maybe help me
prioritise them before they go into my BIGGER TBR pile?
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