*Michael Collins "The Silent Scream" - I already commented on
this.
*Max Byrd - "California Thriller" - another terrific P.I.
novel. I hear
that Byrd is no longer in the mystery business. Too
bad.
*Erle Stanley Gardner (as A.A. Fair) - "Giv'em the ax". A
sloppy but
very funny and fast-paced Lam-Cool divertimento. I bet he
wrote it in a
week. Dell, 35 cents, sensual babe on the cover fondling a
roulette
wheel while the guy, head sunk, is either dead or
meditating.
*Erle Stanley Gardner - "Dead Men's Letters". A wonderful
collection of
novelettes featuring Ed Jenkins, "The Phantom Crook". Stories
from Black
Mask, 1926-27. Reissued by Carroll & Graf (and thanks to
them). This is
the old Gardner, a supreme pulpster. The plots are hard to
believe, the
dialogue sparkles, and the action is dynamite. The story
"Come and Get
It" is a classic.
*Frederick Davis - "Let the Skeletons Rattle". A terrific
read. See an
upcoming Nostalgia review (this or next century).
*John D. MacDonald- "The Price of Murder". Ditto.
Regards to all,
Mario Taboada
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