Jim-
My heartfelt condolences on the passing of your father. My
thoughts are with you and yours during what I can only
imagine must be a very trying time.
God Bless-
Brian Thornton
>
>
>
> Kent,
>
> Re your question below:
>
> > I picked up a Campbell book yesterday and
he's
> > called Edgar Award-winning
> > author Robert Campbell on the cover and in
the
> > blurbs inside the back cover
> > for the La-La Land and Jimmy Flannery series.
My PBO
> > is Plugged Nickel that
> > introduces railway detective Jake Hatch. Anyone
read
> > it?
>
> I've read it. Liked it (I have a penchant
for
> railroad cop stories since my grandpa, the
first
> member of my family to go into law enforcement, was
a
> detective in the Southern Pacific Railroad
Police).
> Jake works for the Burlington Northern out of
Chicago
> which gave it some nice Midwestern flavor. There
was
> only one other Hatch novel, RED CENT. Under the
"R.
> Wright Campbell" name, he wrote another railway
cop
> novel, MALLOY'S SUBWAY, about an NYC Transit
Police
> detective on the trail of a serial killer stalking
New
> York's subway system. Since that book was
written,
> Transit has been absorbed into the NYPD and is
no
> longer (at least officially) an autonomous
agency.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
> P.S.
>
> With apologies to Bill for going off-topic, I
haven't
> been posting much the last few weeks. My Dad
took
> suddenly ill, and passed away on Friday, 25 May.
I
> flew out to California to help bury him last
week.
>
> Your prayers and good thoughts would be
appreciated.
>
> JD
>
>
>
>
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