RARA-AVIS: Re: RARA-AVIS Digest V2 #747

Reed Andrus (randrus@home.com)
Sat, 08 May 1999 06:26:14 -0700 > From: Bill Crider <abc@wt.net>
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Hard Boiled Frank
>
> And THE DETECTIVE was written by Roderick Thorp, who died just the other
> day. His novel NOBODY LIVES FOREVER was the basis for the movie DIE HARD.
> The novel is a tough-guy treat. Trust me.
>
> Bill Crider

Add one other -- THE RIVER -- his fictionalized account of who the Green
River Killer really was, and how come the murders stopped. Slow and
methodical, but noir to its bones. If you haven't read it, you really
should.

... Reed
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