Ron, other friends,
I am a Standing Order customer of Crippen and Landru and have
received the Clark Howard collection. Howard is a long time
published writer in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and a
receiver of many awards. He is NOT a traditional or
hard-bolied detective story writer but someone who is unique.
To describe or categorize him as a writer is very difficult
to do; you need to read several of his stories to appreciate
him. All that I have read are entertaining, almost
not-crime-fiction, and different from each other. This
collection, as well as other Crippen and Landru books, is
very fine. I suggest to anyone with some interest in short
crime fiction to give becoming a Crippen and Landru Standing
Order customer a try. You get 20% discount on all their
upcoming books, as well as the previously printed. Although
much more costly, I prefer the hardcover because of the fine
volumes they turn out as well as some nice freebies they give
with them. Their trade paperback editions are, however, also
very fine. High quality publishing endeavors such as Doug
Greene's Crippen and Landru efforts should be backed as fully
as possible by all mystery aficionados. They will, hopefully,
lead to more such efforts by themselves and other people.
Incidentally, you will also get the extra bonus of becoming
"electronically acquainted" with a very nice person who will
answer all your emails. For whatever is worth, I have never
had the pleasure of meeting Douglas Greene personally or even
talking with him on the phone. My residence is in San Juan,
Puerto Rico and my enthusiastic endorsement of Douglas Greene
and Crippen and Landru is a result of the very satisfactory
relationship that has resulted from my love of his (their)
productions.
Enrique F. Bird Picmail: Office ====>
ebird@gmgroup.com
Personal
==>
enfbirdp@coqui.net Tel: Office (787) 751-4343 ext.
348
Home (787)
757-3909
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Clinton [SMTP:
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> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 2:44 PM
> To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Who's Clark Howard?
>
> This newest release from Crippen-Landru sounds
intriguing...
>
>
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