Reed Andrus (randrus@home.com)
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 09:55:34 -0700
> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 08:21:12 -0400
> From: Kevin Smith <kvnsmith@colba.net>
> Almost as ongoing as the definition debate are the
regular squabbles about
> whether women writers, particularly those who
haven't been dead for a few
> decades, can be hardboiled.
Well, yeah... and the topic segues once again into the
difference between hardboiled and noir. A few years back,
Mary Willis Walker wrote what I consider to be a near-perfect
novel -- Under The Beetle's Cellar
-- with a wonderful storyline that feature multiple
threads/viewpoints, a couple of which could fit into
hardboiled company on the bookshelf. I'm not sure she
qualifies with her complete body of work -- Zero At The Bone,
The Red Scream, All The Dead Lie Down -- but I bet she comes
close.
The other author I might name -- from referral only; haven't
read her yet -- is Carol O'Connell. Although police
procedurals, my understanding is that her principal character
Kathy Mallory is as grim and unforgiving and tough-minded as
any Spillane creation. And if we include Michael Connelly's
Harry Bosch in our repetoire, Mallory might have to be
included as well.
Another on the shelf -- unread to date -- that may qualify is
Jenny Siler's Easy Money.
Best regards,
... Reed
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