Don't you just hate it when you walk up to the counter in a
bookstore, the guy looks at your books and says: "Oh, these
came from that big collection of pulps [he was using the term
loosely, they were actually old paperbacks] we got in the
other day. There was a bunch of Chester Himes [but only one
that I already had was left] and a whole lot of Fredric
Brown, even several titles my co-worker who loves and
collects Brown had never seen before [but only one of those,
which I already had, was left].
Still, I picked up an Ace Double by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.
They had three (none included the book made into the recent
movie The Deep End). I picked up the book with the Chandler
endorsement: "For my money she's the top suspense writer of
them all . . . I recommend for your attention
. . . The Innocent Mrs. Duff." The other novel in the double
is The Virgin Huntress.
I also picked up The Scene by Clarence Cooper, finally, and
Cop Killer by George Bagby. Is Bagby any good?
Mark
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