I just started "A Small Death in Lisbon" by Robert Wilson,
which seems to be a hybrid of police procedural and wartime
thriller. Not sure where it fits into hard-boiled, though I
note that the author cites Chandler and Leonard as his
primary influences. Anyway, I'm quite hooked by Wilson's
writing just based on the first few chapters. This seems to
be the first book he's had published in the States but I see
that he has some British publications of crime novels set in
Africa with some intriguing titles: A Darkening Stain, Blood
Is Dirt The Big Killing, and Instruments Of Darkness - all of
which are available pretty cheap on the UK amazon. so i guess
i'm basically curious if anybody's read the books, how they
rate, and where Wilson fits in terms of genre.
carrie
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