Re: RARA-AVIS: the city and the country

William Denton (buff@vex.net)
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:18:26 -0500 (EST) On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, MT wrote:

: On this topic, it's worth mentioning once again Harold Adams, a
: formidable hardboiled writer with a low profile. His wonderful
: series of P.I. novels featuring Carl Wilcox and set in the Midwest
: during the Depression is recommendable not just to lovers of the
: hardboiled but to all mystery fans.

You've mentioned Adams before and I've been keeping an eye out for his
books. A little while ago I saw one in a used store, _When Rich Men
Die_, and got it, but it features "wisecracking P.I. Kyle Champion,"
not Wilcox, and seems to be set when written, in 1987. I haven't read
it yet, but I do like the glowing blurbs from Harlan Ellison and
Lawrence Block.

Bill

-- 
William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/ | Caveat lector.
"'Whom are you?' said he, for he had been to night school." - George Ade

# # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to majordomo@icomm.ca. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.vex.net/~buff/rara-avis/.