Re: RARA-AVIS: Richard S. Prather's Shell Scott

William Denton (buff@vex.net)
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 22:44:01 -0400 (EDT) On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, James & Livia Reasoner wrote:

: I've read all the Shell Scott novels but none of Prather's other
: work. (There's not much non-Scott stuff, a couple of novels and
: maybe some short stories). The funniest PI novel I ever read was
: Prather's _Strip For Murder_.

Was that the one set in a nudist camp?

Here are some of the Shell Scott titles listed inside _Dagger of
Flesh_(!), which isn't a Scott: _Darling, It's Death_, _Always Leave
'Em Dying_, _Three's a Shroud_, _Take a Murder, Darling_, _Have Gat -
Will Travel_, _The Scrambled Yeggs_, _Dig That Crazy Grave_, _The
Wailing Frail_, _Slab Happy_ and _Kill the Clown_. The man had a way
with titles.

_Everybody Had a Gun_ was a lot of fun. I'm going to pick up any
other Prather books I see.

Bill

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