Thanks for these suggestions! I remember the Mahannah novel
fondly, though I don't remember it very well. ANATOMY OF A
KILLER somehow never appealed to me as much as I know it does
to some other readers
(over dinner earlier tonight, Al Guthrie was telling me how
much he likes it). I look forward to hunting down copies of
the rest over the coming months...
Best, Charles
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, <juri.nummelin@...>
wrote:
>
> Jeff:
>
> > I'm generally not a
> > Peter Rabe fan,
>
> How's that? Have you tried THE ANATOMY OF A KILLER?
I couldn't
think of a
> better book.
>
> Charles:
>
> has anyone already recommended you to reprint
something of Floyd
Mahannah? His
> THE GOLDEN GOOSE is one of the sadder and more
original P.I. novels
of the
> fifties. And it hasn't been reprinted, as far as I
know. Something
by W.T.
> Ballard would also be nice. WALK IN FEAR, an early
GM, could fit
the bill. Walt
> Sheldon should also be reprinted. He has a nice late
GM paperback
called GOLD
> BAIT, from early seventies, that's the only
paperback crime novel I
know that's
> narrated via letters, diary notes, memos etc. Yet it
moves along
very
> smoothly.
>
> Couple more: John Jakes writing as William Ard: GIVE
ME THIS WOMAN,
very
> sleazy and nasty P.I. novel. Tedd Thomey: KILLER IN
WHITE, almost
like Jim
> Thompson, but in a hospital milieu. Some people (=
Lee Server)
regard Thomey's
> AND DREAM OF EVIL very highly, but I haven't read
that one. Richard
Deming's
> HIT AND RUN.
>
> Juri
>
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