> STAMPED FOR MURDER -- Ben Benson. "She thought any
cop
> had a price -- even Wade Paris." This was published
by
> Pennant Books, a paperback line I've never heard
of.
>
I have not
read this specific Benson, but I have read most. He's great
and his books aren't expensive when you find them. The bulk
of his series feature one of two protagonists: Wade Paris, a
dapper and intelligent police lieutenant and Ralph Lindsey, a
young, promising state trooper. The Paris series is a little
more hard boiled. The Lindsey series blends hard boiled with
a some coming-of-age: he's all of 20 years old, engaged to
the girl next door, something of an innocent and knows it.
The Lindsey series is told in first person, the Paris series
is 3rd person.
Both series
are set in New England.
As I recall,
Benson started writing when recovering from W.W.II wounds. He
died in 1959 while attending a mystery writers' convention in
NYC.
One book of
his to avoid is the Silver Cobweb. I believe it was published
posthumously - maybe somebody was trying to make a quick buck
on something that should've stayed unpublished.
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