Paul,
Re your critique below:
> A couple of weeks ago Jim Doherty posted a
message
> on the list asking about
> Prowl Cop (1956) by Gregory Jones, which had
been
> listed by Anthony Boucher
> as a good example of the police procedural.
I've
> had the book for a while,
> and the comment prompted me to read it ....
(some
> spoilers ahead) . . .
> . . . It's an odd book to be referred to as
a
"police
> procedural", as it doesn't
> have much in common with other books that I've
read
> in that genre (namely
> books by Georges Simenon, Ed McBain, and Maj
Sjowall
> and Per Wahloo). . .
> . . . Prowl Cop isn't the worst paperback
original
> that I've read, but it's
> mediocre, and suffers badly in comparison
with
> another book that I was
> reading recently, Briarpatch by Ross Thomas.
Now
> that's a good book.
Thanks for taking the time to read the book and to give a
thoughtful review.
JIM DOHERTY
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