I've read two of them. The author's an Australian architect,
and both those I read featured something architectural, one
the shopping center and the other a human-scale
residential-shop block amidst the encroaching city
skyscrapers. They're OK, but I'm not wild about them.
Joy
Nicole Leclerc <
lectrice@videotron.ca> told Craig,
"I've just finished reading the first four books in this
series - the other is All My Enemies - for a group discussion
on another list. They are mostly police procedurals and I
don't consider them hardboiled. Not cozies mind you but not
very noir or graphic either. I quite enjoy them mostly for
the settings and for the originality of the themes around
wich the murders take place, rare stamps for example. I also
like the fact that each book is quite different from the
other even though the police involved are mainly the same
people. I'm looking forward to reading #5 which deals with a
shopping mall." in answer to:
> > I was wondering if anyone knows anything about
the Kathy
> > Kola/David Brock mysteries by Barry Maitland?
I've got
> > 3 of these titles (_The Marx Sisters_, _The
Malcontenta_,
> > and _The Chalon Heads_) which just came in,
again purchased
> > on the spur of the moment after reading a
review. Are they at all
> > hardboiled?
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