I should've realised I would've got recommendations than I could keep up
with, but thanks for the responses.
I think, having sifted through the replies, I'll give Westlake's /361/ a
go. It's not something I would have thought of trying, but Dave
Zeltserman and Mark Sullivan have recommended it, so I'll add it to my
mental to-get list of HCC titles, along with Woolrich's /Fright/, which
has a great HCC cover. Jon Bassoff, Ron C. and others mentioned both Day
Keene's /Home is the Sailor/ and Russel Hill's /Robbie's Wife /so I'll
be trying to sneak them into the house too, probably as a second batch.
I can't remember reading any Max Alan Collins but I'm sure I have as I
also associate Collins with what Jeff Vorzimmer succinctly described as
"comic-bookish" (although I do read comics--and I prefer that term to
"graphic novels"). I think at the moment, having not long ago read
Charles William's /Mix Yourself A Redhead/ (you can see how I spent the
summer!) I'm looking for "older" titles, or reprints thereof, rather
than contemporary HB or noir.
I'm currently reading Brewer's /13 French Street/; I'm quite keen to get
to /The Murderer Vine/, so I'll probably do that before going back to
Brewer's /The Red Scarf.
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Thanks for all the replies: I'll report back later--I hope I don't have
to wait until the Christmas holidays before I can get stuck in to a few
more paperbacks.
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