> One scene form DRAW THE CURTAIN CLOSE that I
recall
> vividly, coincidentally enough given the
recent
> discussion of Spillane, is toward the end, when
the
> villain has barricaded himself in a building, and
Mac,
> enraged that his closest friend, the Chicago
police
> lieutenant who's been sort of a second father,
has
> been killed by the villain (actually he's only
wounded
> but Mac doesn't know that), rushes in after him
to
> take him alone, saying to the girl in the
case
> something along the lines of "I have to. He
killed
> Donovan."
>
> Even compassionate PI's have those vengeful
impulses
> every now and then.
>
> Is that the same book?
>
> JIM DOHERTY
That doesn't sound familiar, but it's been a long time since
I read DRAW THE CURTAIN CLOSE, if ever. I just need to start
reading some Dewey novels again. Bill Crider mentioned
Dewey's "Cord Wainer" pseudonym. I have one of his books
published under the name "Tom Brandt", which makes me assume
that Brandt was likely his middle name.
James Reasoner
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