I haven't read every hardcase book, but I have read (or tried
to read) every one on Jeff's top and bottom list. My favorite
top 10 HC books are:
1) Robbie's Wife -- no contest, the best thing Charles has
published 2) Fright by Cornell Woolrich 3) The Peddler by
Richard Prather 4) the Vengeful Virgin by Gil Brewer 5) The
Last Match bu David Dodge 6) Blackmailer by George Axelrod 7)
The Last Quarry by Max Allan Collins 8) Dead Street by Mickey
Spillane 9) Zero Cool by John Lange/Michael Cricton 10)
Witness to Myself by Seymour Shubin
--Dave Z.
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Nathan Cain"
<IndieCrime@...> wrote:
>
> No love for Straight Cut? That's one of my
favorites. I also like
> Bell's Dr. Sleep, about a hypnotist in London who
suffers from
> insomnia. Pretty dense stuff, but good. I'd have to
agree with Dead
> Street and The Colorado Kid, though. The former I
couldn't finish,
and
> the latter made me wondered why I'd finished
it.
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Jeff
Vorzimmer
> <jvorzimmer@...> wrote:
> > Here are the top-rated Hard Case Crime novels
on GoodReads.com.
I've been
> > watching the ratings for about six months and
they haven't
changed much,
> > except with new releases such as Charles' and
Christa Faust's,
which debuted
> > in the top ten. The rating is a five star
system.
> >
> > Songs of Innocence Richard Aleas
4.11
> > A Touch of Death Charles Williams
4.05
> > Little Girl Lost Richard Aleas 3.94
> > The Wounded and the Slain David Goodis
3.90
> > Say It with Bullets Richard Powell
3.88
> > The Vengeful Virgin Gil Brewer 3.85
> > Fade to Blonde Max Phillips 3.83
> > Money Shot Christa Faust 3.81
> > The Girl with the Long Green Heart Lawrence
Block 3.80
> > The Gutter and the Grave Ed McBain
3.74
> >
> > Here are the bottom five:
> > Dead Street Mickey Spillane 3.04
> > Witness to Myself Seymour Shubin
3.00
> > The Colorado Kid Stephen King 2.90
> > The Guns of Heaven Pete Hamill 2.81
> > Straight Cut Madison Smartt Bell
2.70
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
>
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