Mark Blumenthal wrote:
>
> Donald Westlake has written more hb than the
Parkers. Try reading the books
> he wrote as Tucker Coe They are about Mitch Tobin
who was kicked off the
> police because he was sleeping with a woman when he
was supposed to be on
> duty. Since his partner was killed covering for him
he is wracked by guilt.
> He is absorbed by building a wall, but he winds up
being a detective in 5
> books. Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death is the first.
An early novel, Killing
> Time, is clearly influenced by Red
Harvest.
Other HB Westlake novels include his first, THE MERCENARIES
(also reprinted as THE SMASHERS, possibly in an attempt to
have it confused with a Matt Helm adventure), KILLY and 361.
KAHAWA and HIGH ADVENTURE have their tough moments as well,
and THE AX, while not exactly HB, has a meanness to it that
will probably appeal to members of this list.
BobT
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