Re: RARA-AVIS: New Spillane

From: James Reasoner ( james53@flash.net)
Date: 23 Nov 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "E.Borgers" < wbac12034@tiscali.be> To: < rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:58 AM Subject: RARA-AVIS: New Spillane

>
> Maybe it was discussed here, but I do not remember anything about it.
>
> Is "Something's Down There" (2003) by Spillane of any value?
> What is your comment after reading it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> E.Borgers
> Hard-Boiled Mysteries
> http://www.geocities.com/polarnoir

I was pretty disappointed by SOMETHING'S DOWN THERE, and I wanted to like it since it's by Spillane. Not a bad plot, but very slow, as Brian mentioned, and the action scenes weren't well-written at all.

That said, if Spillane ever publishes another novel, I'll still read it.

James

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