What about Lynda Laplante (U.K. based) - 'Prime Suspect' etc. for hardboiled Brit. par excellence? (There are others - I'd like to hear from any UK bods on the subject to create a little transatlantic balance) Cheers Jim Jim Sinclair,T.O.P.N.Z.,Pvte Bag 31914, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Ph+64 4 5705506, Fax+64 4 560 5727,Internet:sinjim@topnz.ac.nz - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca