RARA-AVIS: Re: Female Hard-Boileds

Harry Levy (halevy@m1.sprynet.com)
Sun, 07 Jun 1998 23:22:16 -0400 At 01:37 PM 6/7/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Kevin Smith:
>
><<So, the question is, who are some hardboiled female private eyes? Two
>that spring to mind immediately are Lee McGraw's Madge Hatchett and Max
>Allan Collins' and Terry Beatty's Ms. Tree. Any others?>>
>
Though not a PI in the strict sense, how about Patricia Highsmith's Ripley
quartet -- in fact most of her books make Jim Thompson seem mellow.
Harry A. Levy, MD, MPH
Executive Editor
Cyberounds
http://www.cyberounds.com
email: halevy@sprynet.com

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