Brian said: For Halliday, who wrote only a handful of the
Mike Shayne books (every Shayne book after 1958 was done by
ghost writers), I would start with either
THIS IS IT, MICHAEL SHAYNE or A TASTE FOR VIOLENCE. Both
represent the spectrum of the Shayne adventures. THIS IS IT
is a fast-paced whodunnit that
takes place over a couple of days and the action never lets
up; TASTE is a Red Harvest riff that's slower-paced but just
as good, if not better, because of all the intrigue. I'd get
both and have a ball. I managed to grab
both in hardcover at a used shop in Portland, OR, during a
recent visit. You
can't miss either either one. Shayne is a great PI - uses his
brain instead of a gun but he's still tough as nails.
************ Thanks, Brian. I found A TASTE FOR VIOLENCE at a
good price at Abebooks, so hopefully it will be landing on my
doorstep soon. I'm glad I asked for recommendations on this.
There appear to be a bunch of titles available, but A TASTE
OF VIOLENCE was al- most universally recommended.
miker
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