Mike, I actually enjoy Daly. I think SNARL and HIDDEN HAND
are the only two that I didn't like. THE TAG MURDERS, TAINTED
POWER, and THE THIRD MURDERER were outstanding (of the Race
books), despite Daly's weaknesses. SNARL just didn't do it
for me, although now that I understand more of how Daly
wrote, I might give it another try. HIDDEN HAND, forget about
it. It was okay, but I figured out the villian before I was
halfway through it and that ruined it for me. You should try
the other Daly books I mentioned, they're a trilogy of sorts,
but they do require some patience because they're stretched
out a lot and it's real clear doing a long book was another
thing Daly couldn't tackle. And definately grab "The
Adventures of Race Williams" from the Mysterious Library to
see how he did short stories, if you read nothing else of
his. Great stuff there. Daly had the juice to be a good
writer, could of been a real contender, he just didn't want
to work at it. --Brian
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