Just to say that a brief bio of Ames can be found atL
http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=1335
John
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "James Reasoner" <jamesreasoner@...> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gonzalo Baeza
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:58 PM
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Mel D. Ames
>
> Has anyone here read author Mel D. Ames? I had never heard of him before
> until today, when I found an anthology of his short stories from Mike Shayne
> Mystery Magazine. Seeing how they'd been published in MSMM, I bought it
> immediately. The book is called "Amazon. The Adventures of
> Detective-Lieutenant Cathy Carruthers." has anyone heard of this character
> before?
>
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>
> I remember reading these stories when they came out in MSMM and liking them
> at the time, but I couldn't tell you anything else about them now. Too many
> years ago. And I never knew Ames or anything about him.
>
> Someone should collect the Major Lansing stories by William L. Fieldhouse
> that ran in MSMM about the same time. I recall enjoying them quite a bit.
>
> James Reasoner
>
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