Eric,
My own take on your reading list below:
> Adam Hall - The Quiller Memorandum
The first (and probably best) entry in my all-time favorite
spy series, it won the Edgar for Best Mystery Novel and a
French award in the same category.
> Donald Hamilton - The Ambushers
> The Ravagers
If Quiller's number one in my estimation, he only beat Matt
Helm by a nose. I've thoroughly enjoyed every Helm I've read,
though the earlier, tighter, pre-1976 novels are more
satsfying to me than the later, longer entries that seem to
be self-consciously breaking for the "Ludlum blackbuster"
category.
> Martin Cruz Smith - Gorky Park
Liked it. Didn't love it. It won the British Crime Writers
Golden Dagger bor Best Novel.
> Ross Macdonald - The Underground Man
Any Macdonald is worthwhile, but the later ones were never as
satisfying to me as the earlier ones.
JIM DOHERTY
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