RARA-AVIS: Forgotten PI Writers

James & Livia Reasoner (liviajames@itexas.net)
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 22:16:32 -0500 In addition to the ones mentioned so far, how about Robert Terrall, who
wrote as Robert Kyle and John Gonzales in addition to his Brett Halliday
work; John B. West (was he the first black PI writer, even though his PI
wasn't black?); Ed Lacy (speaking of black PIs); W.T. Ballard, both as
himself and as Neil McNeil; Talmage Powell, with the Ed Rivers books;
Milton K. Ozaki; Cleve Adams . . . I know I'm forgetting some good ones.
And I also enjoyed the Steve Bentley books by E. Howard Hunt writing as
Robert Dietrich, even though Bentley wasn't actually a PI. But where else
are you going to find books about a two-fisted, crime-busting Certified
Public Accountant?

James Reasoner
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