Mark Sullivan (AnonymeInc@webtv.net)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:04:17 -0500 (EST)
I got an early Christmas present today: The Encyclopedia of
Murder and Mystery by Bruce F. Murphy. I've just flipped
through it so far, but it seems okay on what it includes. Of
course, as with all of this kind of thing, there are some
surprising omissions: no Leigh Brackett, no Dolores Hitchens;
many recents and contemporaries are included like Crumley,
Burke, Ellroy, Dee, Bunker, Rankin, Block, Willeford,
Westlake, Lehane, but no Derek Raymond, Ted Lewis or Peter
Corris.
Anyway, here's my question, he gives very high praise to
Brian Fair Berkey's book Keys to Tulsa, compares it to
Crumley and Willeford. Now I've seen the movie of the same
title and enjoyed it, but it was strictly post-Red Rock West,
made-for-cable. Is the book really that good? Has anyone read
it?
Mark
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