CELLINI SMITH: DETECTIVE sounds like the title of the first
book in a series, but it's the third and final novel about
Smith. The three were written by Robert Reeves, who never
wrote another because he was killed in a jeep accident in
WWII. Here's what Anthony Boucher says about the book:
"Murder in a hobo jungle with tense investigation covering
Skid Row--flop houses, B-girls, spielers, burlesque, and all.
Well in the top brackett of the hard-boiled school; a book as
lean and tough and strong as its detective."
It's got all that Boucher mentions and more. He didn't say
anything about the grave-robbing and corpses that appear and
disappear, not to mention a unique murder weapon. And a lot
about tungsten. The book reminded me a little of Jonathan
Latimer, with some of the same kind of dark humor.
Recommended.
Bill Crider
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