Speaking of Alaska, I recently read John Straley's The Big
Both Ways, which was a pretty interesting hybrid of hard
boiled crime/naturalist/adventure fiction. It's about a
logger in the Depression era Pacific Northwest who walks off
the job only to get a ride with a pretty communist with a
corpse in the trunk of her car. One thing leads to another,
and soon the logger, the commie, and her little niece, are
forced to flee Seattle for Alaska in a small boat while being
pursued by union men, private security thugs and the police.
The novel drags in some places because I think the author
tries to cram in a little of everything, but overall I liked
it.
Straley has a PI series set in Alaska as well. Has anyone
read any of those?
On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Ed Lynskey <
e_lynskey@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I read Mike Doogan's LOST ANGEL, featuring his P.I.
Nik Kane and
> set in Alaska. Kane is an ex-cop who went to prison
for a "bad
> shoot". In this outing he's investigating the
disappearance of
> the daughter of a local religious cult leader. The
tone is
> probably more medium-boiled and an enjoyable
outing.
>
> Ed
>
>
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