In the discussion last week of DC area bookstores, I forgot
"Book Bank" in Alexandria. Address is 110 S. West Street,
which is between King and Prince streets, about four blocks
from the King Street metro station.
I checked it out Sunday as it had been some months since my
last visit. It has a decent selection of mysteries (mostly
paperbacks) upstairs. There is also a separate "Thriller"
section that includes writers such as George Higgins and
other odd selections. Also there are shelves of "collectable"
paperbacks that pop up on both floors--although older
paperbacks turn up on the regular shelves. Prices range from
bargains to way overpriced. There were some nice Donald
Hamiltons for $2.75 each and I picked up a Lion PBO of a 1953
Steve Frazee western SHARP THE BUGLE CALLS for three bucks.
Love the Frazee blurb: "Ripped from Colorado's black earth,
booming with the fever of brawling men and ripened
women..."
Frazee could turn out a fine mystery/suspense story as
witness his "My Brother Down There," which also dates from
1953, and won first place in the Ellery Queen contest of that
year.
Richard Moore
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