Lots of old timers getting comments. I remember the look of
those old Signet paperbacks of Mike Roscoe and John B. West
and remember enjoying Roscoe. West's writing left no trace. I
also enjoyed Neil McNeil's series but not as much as his work
under his own name W.T. Ballard. Back then I wasn't aware of
his Black Mask history but discovered him by reading the
paperbacks based in Vegas.
As I recall, Chandler's biographer speculated that it was the
similarity in age that led to a closer relationship with
Cleve Adams than with the other, mostly younger,
writers.
As for Adams and his knuckle-dragging detective Rex McBride,
I am curious to read some of his work published under the
name John Shannon and see how similar or different they are
from the McBride novels. I have several in a box
somewhere.
Juri: curious to learn what you think of Marv Albert's "Stone
Angel." Albert had a great career from Gold Medal through
Tony Rome to the Stone Angel series. Consistently delivers
great reads.
Richard Moore
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