It's good to see attention paid to Richard S. Prather.
The Shell Scott books are in a league all their own - great
dialogue, hilarious situations and well-constructed mysteries
that a few of today's "hardboiled" writers ought to study.
There is one writer who I think comes close to matching
Prather's humor-detection mix - Warren Murphy. Has there been
any discussion of his "Digger" and "Trace" books on this
list? And if not, why not?
Lochte
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