In a message dated 2/19/03 3:05:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca writes:
<<
miker: Richard mentions the "long-forgotten Fletcher
Flora."
I haven't forgotten him. He wrote a book called
THE HOT
SHOT (an Avon paperback, I think) that's one of the
best
take-offs on J.D. Salinger's style in CATCHER that I
can
recall.
Bill Crider
- -- >>
Thanks to miker and Bill for mentioning my writeup of Mike
Shayne Mystery Magazine on Kevin's Thrilling Detective
website. As I recently uncovered many more issues in my
storage, I should look at expanding it.
Funny you should mention Fletcher Flora, Bill, as I just
pulled out the novels I have by him to see if one struck my
fancy. He was not that well known as a novelist. I don't have
the Avon you mentioned. I am leaning toward PARK AVENUE
TRAMP, which is a Gold Medal Original.
Looking up old Robert Turner stories, I kept running across
those by Flora and wanting to dive in. The guy wrote a ton
for all the magazines including some like "Guilty" of which I
have not a single issue. Oh Bill, Robert Turner mentions a
Larry Shaw edited digest in the mid-50s. "Suspect" was the
name, I think.
Richard Moore
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