At 17:47 08-07-02 GMT, Bill Crider wrote:
>Probably not a lot of people these days know who
William R.
>Cox was, which is too bad. He started out in the
pulps and
>wrote hundreds of stories for them: sports,
mysteries,
>westerns. Later he branched out into paperback
originals
>both under his own name and as Jonas Ward (he took
over that
>franchise sometime in the early 1970s, I believe). He
wrote
>hardcover books, too, mostly juveniles and
biographies.
>Last night I re-read HELL TO PAY, a 1978 Signet
original.(snip)
> You won't be surprised by the action and
>violence, either, but you might by Cox's attention
to
>character and by the good writing. Cox is one of
those guys
>who was really good, but hardly anybody knows
it.
Agreed. W.R. Cox's HB novels are unjustly forgotten. He
produced them rather late in his career (mid fifties).
Besides the very good HELL TO PAY (1958)there are IMO two
other titles worth the search: MAKE MY COFFIN STRONG (1954)-
his best novel DEATH COMES EARLY (1959)
I do not know the details of his westerns production, as the
genre (as novels) was never my prime interest.
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
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