Re: RARA-AVIS: Piccirilli (was: Re: Jack O'Connell's top 10 books of 2008)

From: sonny (sforstater@yahoo.com)
Date: 09 Jan 2009

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    i enjoyed 'fever kill' too, but find o'connell's comments on it a bit extreme. i would be interested in reading other piccirilli, tho, and thanks for the recs i've seen posted.

    in what way is 'cold spot' part of a series?

    --- On Thu, 1/8/09, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:

    > From: Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net>
    > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Piccirilli (was: Re: Jack O'Connell's top 10 books of 2008)
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 11:32 PM
    > While I enjoyed THE FEVER KILL, I did find it a bit
    > coincidental and
    > stretching credulity in spots. I'd alternatively
    > recommend THE COLD SPOT as
    > a much stronger, more focused (in both plot and tone) work.
    > It was chosen
    > by the editors of Amazon (whoever they are) as one of the
    > Top 10 Best
    > Mysteries and Thrillers of 2008...and it deserved the
    > honor.
    >
    > I'm very much looking forward to the next in the
    > series, THE COLDEST MILE,
    > due out next month.
    >
    > Ron C.
    >
    >
    > > ----- Original Message -----
    > > From: "jacquesdebierue"
    > <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com>
    > > To: <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
    > > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:49 AM
    > > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Jack O'Connell's top
    > 10 books of 2008
    > >
    > >
    > > I see that Jack O'Connell says this:
    > >
    > > <<The Fever Kill by Tom Piccirilli: Here's
    > one that can fairly be
    > > judged by its cover-the pre-distressed, faux-yellowed
    > design and the
    > > '50s drugstore lettering are perfect signifiers of
    > the breathless,
    > > gritty, Thompsoneque story you'll find inside the
    > wrapper. Pic is
    > > legit heir to David Goodis but with his own unique
    > strand of brutal
    > > DNA that makes him the chief scout on the frontier of
    > 21st Century noir.>>
    > >
    > >
    > > This description makes the novel enticing and almost
    > mandatory for
    > > me... Does anybody second Jack O'C.'s
    > endorsement?
    > >
    > > Best,
    > >
    > > mrt
    > >
    > >
    > >
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