"I've also given Westlake and Pronzini a few tries because I
know how esteemed they are to many on RA, but with no
success."
Just out of curiosity, under which name did you try Westlake?
The early Richard Starks are right near the top of my all
time list (the newer ones, while I like them enough to buy
them in hardback, something I very rarely do, don't come
anywhere close). I liked the Tucker Coes when I read them way
back when. However, I just cannot get into the Dortmunder
books under his own name. I've read and enjoyed a couple of
his standalones under that name, but haven't felt compelled
to read more, although I have several. Part of this, I think,
is that while I enjoy humor in my hardboiled (for me, Ross
Thomas was the master of this), I'm not big on comedy
mysteries. At least not for very long. For instance, I read
and enjoyed Hiassen's first few solo works, but just lost
inerest in continuing to follow him.
As for Pronzini, I tracked down every Nameless book I could
after getting into him, but have never read any other books
he's written, although I've had the well regarded Blue
Lonesome on my shelf for years.
Mark
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