First, I think I have picked up all of the Peter Corris
books, featuring
his detective Cliff Hardy, that have been published in the
States. But
there is a gap between the first twelve or so which ended
with Cliff
Hardy setting off to confront his half-year lover and her
husband (I
forget the name of that book, it's in a box that I'm too
tired to pull
out right now). His recent US paperback publisher has put out
Wet
Graves, Matrimonial Causes and Beware of the Dog (not in
chronological
order). So I am missing at least one book between the two
publishers, I
never did get to read the confrontation. Can someone tell me
the name
of it so I can order it (in print in UK or just Australia)?
Also, I ran
across a non-Hardy book by Corris. Has he written many books
outside
the series? Are they any good?
Secondly, I picked up a Mark Timlin or two. Can anyone help
me with the
order of the Nick Sharman books? Is there character
development through
them, in other words, will they be enhanced if I read them in
order?
Allison & Busby has put out The Parker Omnibus Vol. 1,
which collects
three of Stark's (Westlake's) Parker novels. So my question
is why are
they not the first three? A & B owns the rights, they
already put some
of them out individually. I know, you'll say they didn't want
to
compete with themselves by duplicating titles, but they do
duplicate,
just not the first three. It reminds me that the first Parker
I read
had a great big "1" on the cover. However, it was Slayground,
which was
really the 14th in the series.
Mark
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