OK, I looked him up in 1001 MIDNIGHTS. Max Allan Collins
wrote the review, and here's what he says about West: "A
doctor, he was both a general practitioner and a specialist
in tropical diseases; he was also the owner of a broadcasting
company, manufacturing firm, and hotel/restaurant operation.
He lived in Liberia, was black, and last hin his life -- as a
pastime apparently -- worte novels about white private-eye
Rocky Steele, of New York City."
Well, I got most of it right.
Collins also wrote the review of Mike Roscoe's book ONE TEAR
FOR MY GRAVE. Here's his bio of Roscoe: "Roscoe was two men
-- Michael Ruso and John Roscoe -- who were real private
eyes, employed by Hargrave's Detective Agency in Kansas
City."
Bill Crider
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