Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Female Hard-Boileds

Mari Hall (found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net)
Mon, 08 Jun 1998 09:24:23 -0500 Harry Levy wrote:
>
> At 01:37 PM 6/7/98 +0000, you wrote:
> >Kevin Smith:
> >
> ><<So, the question is, who are some hardboiled female private eyes? Two
> >that spring to mind immediately are Lee McGraw's Madge Hatchett and Max
> >Allan Collins' and Terry Beatty's Ms. Tree. Any others?>>
> >
> Though not a PI in the strict sense, how about Patricia Highsmith's Ripley
> quartet -- in fact most of her books make Jim Thompson seem mellow.
> Harry A. Levy, MD, MPH
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Female hardboiled??? There's only one: Kate Brannegan by Val McDermid.

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