You might try Harold Adams' Dave Wilcox series. They take place in depression era North Dakota (could be South, I'm Dakota challenged) The times and people are hard. The books are good reads. G.M. Ford > >But what about small towns, farming communities, backcountry? To be sure, a >place like the desert outside Las Vegas is a good spot to get rid of a body >or hold a "questioning" session without worry about interruptions. But can a >hardboiled novel take place entirely in a nonurban setting? > >I couldn't think of any examples where it has, but admittedly I'm not that >well-read in the genre. > >Anny >AnnyMiddon@aol.com > >- ># RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" ># to majordomo@icomm.ca - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca