A few more
vague details: I recall something about the two authors
comprising Mike Roscoe were brothers. I think the series took
place in St. Louis or some other Midwestern city. I enjoyed
the books a great deal. One Tear for My Grave is one that
comes to mind. Good characters and dialogue, nothing too over
the top.
John B. West
was definitely trying to be Mikey Spillane. Yes on South
Africa. I think he owned a radio station there as well. Don't
recall the black part.
> Bob Randisi asked who'd read Mike Roscoe and John B.
West. I think I've
> read most of the Mike Roscoe books and enjoyed them.
Roscoe, as I recall,
> was actually two guys, and they were real
private-eyes. I've also read
> most of John B. West's books. I always thought of
his hero (could he
> really
> have been named "Rocky Steele"?) as sort of a cruder
version of Mike
> Hammer.
> (I know some of you are wondering how that could be
possible.) West was,
> I think, a physician. And I seem to remember that he
was black and that
> he lived in South Africa at the time the books were
written. But, my
> memory
> being what it is, I could be completely wrong about
that.
>
> Bill Crider
>
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