Re: RARA-AVIS: James Hadley Chase

From: tomarmstrongmusic (tom@tomarmstrongmusic.com)
Date: 14 Mar 2010

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    "Death and Taxes" is one of the ones I got yesterday, along with "You've Got Him Cold". I really like "Sad Song Singing", that's the one that got me hooked. I found it in a Carroll & Graf reprint from the 80s, after hearing good things about Dewey on this list.

    Tom Armstrong

    --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "rrandisi@..." <rrandisi@...> wrote:
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    > Dewey's "Mac" books are among the best P.I. book written. He's always been a favorite of Bill Pronzini's. I was hooked after I first read DEATH AND TAXES and THE KING KILLERS in the 60's.
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    > RJR
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    > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Vorzimmer" <jvorzimmer@> wrote:
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    > >
    > > > this place also had three Thomas B. Dewey novels and I bought them all, two Mac books and a standalone. I've enjoyed the couple of Dewey books I've read.
    > >
    > > Dewey is pretty good. He also wrote a Gold Medal PBO under the name of Cord Wainer. If I recall it was called Mountain Girl. Good book.
    > >
    > > Jeff
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