At the risk of offending, you sound more like a "medium-boil"
:) :) <g>
(is this enough ha,ha's??) Do you know about Andrew Vachss??
He is the
top (IMHO) of the hard-boiled list. Bill Pronzini who has
written the
"Nameless" series (you go all through the series [many many
books] and
the lead character never is "named". If you like British
Noir, you might
like the Derek Raymond books called "the Factory series".
Also there was
series, and the author's name escapes me, but it was about
Petrella and
one of the titles was "Petrella at Q" which is also Brit. My
best
suggestion is also to thumb throught the book of short
stories that was
read here recently called "Hard Boiled" by the aforementioned
Pronzini
and see what stories are included, that will give you some
start as to
authors who also write novel-length fiction. Try Patricia
Highsmith's
"Ripley" series (all have "Ripley" in the titles) one or
maybe the whole
series was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" movie. I'm
sure it's
going to be "off with her head" BUT I tend to like the
British and
European Noir. and before I forget -- try James Elroy - with
the upsurge
of LA CONFIDENTIAL my local (the nearest used bookstore) says
they can't
keep copies in stock. Happy reading!
>From Mari Hall
Found.Dead.In.Texas@airmail.net
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