> Some of us admire Loren Estleman, who may be one of
the most versatile
> of the hard-boiled/noir writers still writing. Donald
Westlake's series
> about the professional criminal, Parker (written
under the pen name
> Richard Stark) are quite good, and he's recently
resurrected Parker
> after a 20 year hiatus (two books so far). If you
like your noir with a
> British accent, give John Harvey or Bill James a try.
Others on the
> list will probably have other suggestions, which, I
guess, is why we're
> here in the first place.
I haven't read Estleman, but Westlake's Parker novels are top
notch.
I was only aware of one recent one, COMEBACK. Could you tell
me the
title of the other one?
Thanks,
Larry
Larry Rickert
PC Training and Consulting
lrickert@ix.netcom.com
http://www.netcom.com/~lrickert
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