----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Ribic" <
rribic@optusnet.com.au>
> IIRC the John D. book is one of the books of his I
read that I
> particularly liked. The Williams book is good but
I've read others of
> his I've liked better. I haven't read the particular
Keene book, at
> least not under that title, but I've found
everything I've read of his
> to be entertaining at least & some of it is
first rate stuff (HOME IS
> THE SAILOR comes to mind) so personally I'd put all
3 of those high on
> the to be read pile as I'm a fan of each of those
authors.
> (If I haven't already said so, welcome to the list,
Al).
Thanks, Rene. I have the same response to Day Keene. This
one, "Dead In Bed", features Hawaiin PI, Johnny Aloha (who
reappears in "Payola"). It was written in 1959, his prolific
year (eight novels, none of which I've read). Keene's "Sleep
With The Devil" is one of my top HB novels. "Framed In
Guilt", "Joy House", and "To Kiss Or Kill" are up there too.
Haven't read
"Home Is The Sailor", but I see a copy lurking on the
shelf....
I assumed the Charles Williams was fairly minor. I like his
"sea" books a lot. But the land ones I've read aren't bad
either.
Al Guthrie
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