McHale, Steve (SMcHale@filenet.com)
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 07:36:34 -0800
Tim:
unfortunately, you found one of the bad ones. As I recall,
only the first two from the Drake series were worth it. Don't
give up on Marlowe. I noticed Bookman's on your message. Do
you live in Orange County? If so, I recommend some great
bookstores in Long Beach.
> Based on the raves I read here, I went down to
Bookman's and bought their
> only Dan J. Marlowe. Operation Flashback, written in
1970, must be one of
> the international spy efforts. It is awful. Like,
maybe second runner-up
> in
> a Matt Helm wannabe contest. Thing is, the cover
said it won a 1st prize
> from the Mystery writers of America. Did I miss
something?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Tim Oliver.
>
>
>
>
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