I recall the Curt Cannon stories and novels as being the
toughest of hardboiled from that era. The stories were from
the much-missed "Manhunt," but I can't recall what name they
originally appeared under. Hunter often had several stories
under various names in an issue. I get back to the US on
Saturday and will check my issues as well as the mystery
digest index. I will also reread some of the stories which I
rated highly twenty years ago. I'm curious to see if how
they've stood the passage of time. I remember them as being
surprisingly brutal but they may seem tame today.
As for Evan Hunter's THE EVIL SLEEP, I did not realize that
it was Crider's holy grail until he fainted at the sight of
it as I pulled it out for Hunter to sign. And it is not in
perfect condition due to certain drool stains. As I recall, I
found it while searching through some mystery digest
magazines which I collected then. As general booksellers
often do, digest novels were included in the stack. I
realized that an Evan Hunter mystery from 1952 had to be
unusual, he's an interesting writer under any name and, all
in all, it seemed worth the $2.00 price.
Richard Moore
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