----- Original Message ----- From: "William Denton" <
buff@pobox.com>
> Derek Raymond isn't well known over here, but he's
well-liked on the list.
> (We did I WAS DORA SUAREZ in November 1998 and I
couldn't finish it.) I
> enjoyed the Ian Rankin book I read. Mark Timlin was
mentioned, along with
> Peter Cheyney, James Hadley Chase, Graham Greene,
Ian Fleming, Charles
> Higson, Jake Arnott, and others.
For me, the surprise omission from this month's discussion
was Lee Child. Given how well Jack Reacher performed in the
top hardboiled characters vote
(IIRC. I joined the list just afterwards, so I don't have a
copy at hand to check), I'd have thought someone would have
mentioned his author.
Al
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