Emanuel Carrere's 'The Adversary' comes to mind. Although it's more noir than hardboiled. A chilling true crime book written by a great novelist. It's sickeningly fascinating.
Don't trust anyone who says they'll invest your money wisely. Especially not family.
Sean Shapiro
----- Original Message ----
From: Nathan Cain <IndieCrime@gmail.com>
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:58:51 PM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re:Hardboiled financial?
Didn't David Dodge have a book called Death and Taxes about a CPA? I've
never read it, but I think I've seen it around.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Richard Moore <moorich@aol. com> wrote:
> I read several of Steve Bentley novels many years ago and recall they
> were middling entertainments with polished, if undistinguished,
> writing. The novels, THE HOUSE ON Q STREET (Dell 1959) for example,
> did feature nicely detailed Washington backgrounds.
>
> As my friend Marv Lachman has noted, there are some wonderfully ironic
> moments in the Bentley novels for readers aware of E. Howard Hunt's
> Watergate involvement. In ANGEL EYES (Dell 1961), Bentley says
> Washington "...is a great city. All you need is money, endurance, and
> powerful friends." And later in the novel, Bentley says "Don't think
> I can't smell a cover-up."
>
> Richard Moore
>
> --- In rara-avis-l@ yahoogroups. com <rara-avis-l% 40yahoogroups. com>,
> DJ-Anonyme@. .. wrote:
> >
> > Jim wrote:
> >
> > "Didn't E. Howard Hunt write a series about a hard-boiled CPA who solved
> > crimes when he wasn't doing audits or something? Can't recall the name
> > of the character off-hand, but I'm sure Bill Crider would remember."
> >
> > The character was Steve Bentley, which Hunt wrote under his Robert
> > Dietrich pseudonym. I have a beat up Dell copy of Mistress to
> > Murder(with a McGinnis cover), but haven't read it yet.
> >
>
>
>
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