<<Oh, and Tucker Coe's (Donald
Westlake, actually) now-sadly-forgotten Mitch Tobin series.
Anyone who's
ever been with someone for a while will recognize the sting
of truth in
that one...>>
A fantastic short series. Apparently abandoned by Westlake
because he
felt he had reached a dead end with Tobin. It's worth noting,
once
again, that everything Westlake does, he does brilliantly.
Probably the
most complete living mystery writer.
For years, Stephen Greenleaf's Tanner has an interesting
romantic
relationship with his secretary Peggy. In _Flesh Wounds_,
years after
she has left him, she hires him to investigate a question
relating to
her soon to be husband. The story rather poignant - and full
of old
skeleton's in the closet, as always in Greenleaf (the modern
Ross
MacDonald). Few detectives are so consistently depressed as
Marsh
Tanner. Nothing ever works out for the man.
Regards,
Mario Taboada
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