I found 5:45 to Suburbia by Vin Packer a couple of years ago
at a rummage sale. Unfortunately, it was neither hardboiled
nor noir, nor even a crime novel. It was a fairly depressing
look at sex, sin and survival among the surbanites, though.
It did not meet my expectations of what a Vin Packer novels
was going to be, based on Rara Avis talk. It does show that
Marijane Meaker is a versatile writer, though.
I don't know about Baltimore Blue, but I read Sugarhouse by
Laura Lippman a while back and liked it. The main character
is a reporter-turned-PI. Lippman is a reporter-turned-mystery
writer. She is a very funny speaker (saw her a few times in
Toronto), but not as hilarious in writing.
Karin
At 02:16 08/07/05 -0400, Mark wrote:
>I found these today and was wondering how they
rate:
>
>5:45 to Suburbia by Vin Packer (Sex, sin and survival
among the
>suburbanites) Gold Medal Giant
>Jailbait by William Bernard (Teen-Age Hoodlums On The
Loose), Popular
>Library
>They Can't All Be Guilty by M.V. Heberden (A Desmond
Shannon Murder
>Mystery), Dell Mapback
>The Harder They Fall by Budd Schulberg (The Shocking
Novel of the Fight
>Racket), Bantam Books -- I seem to remember this
being praised here
>recently
>Once A Widow by Lee Roberts (She was rich, beautiful
and on-the-make.
>Easy game, He thought . . .), Dell
>Let Them Eat Bullets by Howard Schoenfeld (Meet Jerry
Nelson, a tough
>private eye, who knew what to feed a public enemy),
Gold Medal
>Baltimore Blue by Laura Lippman, Avon -- is this the
first in the
>series?
>
>Thanks for any opinions.
>
>Mark
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