RARA-AVIS: Re: PRIME SUSPECTS anthology

Kevin Smith (kvnsmith@total.net)
Tue, 09 Sep 1997 15:11:06 +0000 There was never a Prime Suspects #2. However, there were at least five
follow-ups, all edited by Pronzini and Greenberg, (except Deadly Doings,
which was edited by Greenberg alone):

Deadly Doings
Criminal Elements
Suspicious Characters
Homicidal Acts
Felonious Assaults

Authors reprinted include Gault, Bradbury, Randisi, McBain, Gorman,
Westlake, Prather, Grafton, Lutz, Jakes, Estleman, Pronzini, Block,
Michael Collins...in other words, a lot of writers nobody ever heard
of....

This was a great series. It seems today's anthologies are often more
concerned with very specific themes rather than quality. Cat mysteries!
Rabbi mysteries! Skateboarding mysteries! Skateboarding Rabbi's who own
cats mysteries! Gimme a break!

On the other hand, in 1990, Ivy did print a PI anthology, called P.I.
Files, edited by Greenberg (does this guy sleep?) and Loren Estleman,
very much the same sort of format as the others, that's also worth
hunting for.

Kevin Smith
"Still being slapped, and still not liking it"
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