Re: RARA-AVIS: New Member on the List
James Rogers (jetan@ionet.net)
Tue, 4 Aug 1998 21:29:49 -0500 (CDT)
At 07:30 PM 8/3/98 -0400, Jim Doherty wrote:
>
> Greetings, everyone. I've been an anonymous lurker for
a couple of
> weeks to get the lay of the land, and I thought it was
time to
> introduce myself.
>
> My name is Jim Doherty. I'm a federal cop in one of the
more obscure
> government law enforcement agencies in Chicago. Also a
newly
> published mystery writer (my first short story,
"Unmatched Set,"
> appears in the April 1998 issue of *Mystery Buff
Magazine*; don't
> worry, I won't post any fiction on the list). I've also
writen
> articles and reviews for fanzines and convention books,
particularly
> *Mystery Readers Journal.
>
> My favorite PI charcter is the Continental
Op.
>
> My favorite American tough-cop series is the 87th
Precinct.
>
> My favorite non-American tough-cop series is the
inter-related mosaic
> of novels about the Lessford Metropolitan Police
(Lessford being a
> fictionalized Leeds and the surrounding county area
being a
> fictionalized West Riding of Yorkshire) by retired
British cop John
> Wainwright, who would be a good non-American HB writer
to try on the
> list.
>
We have been so busy "not flaming" each other in re
Willeford
that I am not sure that anyone welcomed you to the list. You
will find
plenty of folks who will agree with you respecting the Op
stories and more
than a couple of 87th Precinct fans as well...whether they
are hardboiled or
not probably requires a seperate thread (for the record, I
think they are
far more worthy of the term than the Vachss books or the
Robert Parker
novels). We are only lately having our collective
"mind-expansion"
respecting non-US authors.
And congratulations on your first sale.
James
James Michael Rogers
jetan@ionet.net
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