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>From: Kevin Smith
>Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 1997 10:11 AM
>To: rara-avis@icomm.ca
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: PRIME SUSPECTS
anthology
>
>There was never a Prime Suspects #2. However, there
were at least five
>follow-ups, all edited by Pronzini and Greenberg,
(except Deadly Doings,
>which was edited by Greenberg alone):
>
>Deadly Doings
>Criminal Elements
>Suspicious Characters
>Homicidal Acts
>Felonious Assaults
>
>Authors reprinted include Gault, Bradbury, Randisi,
McBain, Gorman,
>Westlake, Prather, Grafton, Lutz, Jakes, Estleman,
Pronzini, Block,
>Michael Collins...in other words, a lot of writers
nobody ever heard
>of....
>
>This was a great series. It seems today's anthologies
are often more
>concerned with very specific themes rather than
quality. Cat mysteries!
>Rabbi mysteries! Skateboarding mysteries!
Skateboarding Rabbi's who own
>cats mysteries! Gimme a break!
>
>On the other hand, in 1990, Ivy did print a PI
anthology, called P.I.
>Files, edited by Greenberg (does this guy sleep?) and
Loren Estleman,
>very much the same sort of format as the others,
that's also worth
>hunting for.
>
>Kevin Smith
>"Still being slapped, and still not liking
it"
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