DEATH IN A BOWL is a hard-boiled private-eye novel about the
death of
an orchestra conductor in the Hollywood Bowl, I believe. It's
real,
dyed-in-the-wood Black Mask stuff and very well written. THE
VIRGIN
KILLS takes place aboard a yacht named THE VIRGIN on which a
alot of
society types are having a party. The murders are solved by
a
tough-talking newspaper reporter and his pal, a professional
thug. An
interesting Depression-era background, but the mystery isn't
as good,
nor the characters as well-drawn as those in BOWL.
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